調 [-]

Jyutping sing1 diu6
Pinyin shēng diào

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    透過​調​職作​人事​升遷
    to be promoted via transfer

升調 [-调]

Jyutping
Pinyin shēng diào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to promote to a higher post
  2. (linguistics) rising intonation
  3. (Chinese linguistics) rising tone