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约
約
yuē
1.
to make an appointment
2.
to invite
3.
approximately
4.
pact
5.
treaty
6.
to economize
7.
to restrict
8.
to reduce (a fraction)
9.
concise
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
俭约
jiǎnyuē
sparing
公约
gōngyuē
convention (i.e. international agreement)
制约
zhìyuē
to restrict
北约
Běiyuē
NATO
协约
xiéyuē
entente
合约
héyuē
treaty
和约
héyuē
peace treaty
商约
shāngyuē
trade treaty
大约
dàyuē
approximately
失约
shīyuē
to miss an appointment
契约
qìyuē
agreement
婉约
wǎnyuē
graceful and subdued (style)
婚约
hūnyuē
engagement
守约
shǒuyuē
to keep an appointment
定约
dìngyuē
to conclude a treaty
密约
mìyuē
secret appointment
履约
lǚyuē
to keep an promise
文约
wényuē
contract
新约
Xīnyuē
New Testament
书约
shūyuē
book contract
Example Sentences (3)
上个月我去了趟北京动物园，那里约有500种动物，听导游说北京动物园是亚洲最大的动物园之一。
Shàng gè yuè wǒ qù le tàng běijīng dòngwùyuán, nàlǐ yuē yǒu wǔbǎi zhǒng dòngwù, tīng dǎoyóu shuō běijīng dòngwùyuán shì yàzhōu zuì dà de dòngwùyuán zhī yī.
Last month I took a trip to Beijing Zoo. There are about 500 species of animals there. The tour guide said Beijing Zoo is one of the largest zoos in Asia.
Text 3
中国南北距离约5500公里，因此南北气候有很大区别。
Zhōngguó nánběi jùlí yuē wǔqiān wǔbǎi gōnglǐ, yīncǐ nánběi qìhòu yǒu hěn dà qūbié.
China’s north-south distance is about 5,500 kilometers, so there is a big difference between the northern and southern climates.
Text 4
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 423
- Word Frequency Rank
- 454 of 84,292