跑調 [－调]

Jyutping paau2 diu6
Pinyin pǎo diào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be out of tune; to go off-key
    (syn.) 縒調, 車禍, 车祸, 走調, 𬘷音, 走音, 走调, 𬘷调, 縒音
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    汤姆唱歌总跑调。
    湯姆唱歌總跑調。
    tāng mǔ chàng gē zǒng pǎo diào 。
    • Tom always sings out of tune.