约

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What 约 means

to weigh in a balance or on a scale; to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise

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Made of 纟 + 勺

Words with 约

• 约会yuē huìappointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet
• 大约dà yuēapproximately; probably
• 约定yuē dìngto agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
• 预约yù yuēbooking; reservation; to book; to make an appointment
• 合约hé yuēcontract; agreement
• 签约qiān yuēto sign a contract or agreement
• 契约qì yuēagreement; contract
• 条约tiáo yuētreaty; pact
• 约束yuē shùto restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
• 婚约hūn yuēengagement; wedding contract
• 节约jié yuēto economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal
• 租约zū yuēlease

约 in a sentence

• 很抱歉，我还有另一个约会。

  hěn bào qiàn ， wǒ hái yǒu lìng yí gè yuē huì 。

  I'm sorry. I have another appointment.

• 大约下一星期的雨。

  dà yuē xià yì xīng qī de yǔ 。

  It's been raining for around a week.

• 这个桌子被预约了。

  zhè ge zhuō zi bèi yù yuē le 。

  This table is reserved.

• 当我忘记约定时，他十分愤怒。

  dāng wǒ wàng jì yuē dìng shí ， tā shí fēn fèn nù 。

  He was very angry with me when I forgot the appointment.

• 这本字典包含了约4万个词条。

  zhè běn zì diǎn bāo hán le yuē 4 wàn gè cí tiáo 。

  This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.

Characters that sound like 约

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