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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)

约
yuē
treaty, covenant, agreement
HSK 4 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

约柜
yuēguì
Ark of the Covenant
约翰
Yuēhàn
John (name)
约旦
Yuēdàn
Jordan
约根
Yuēgēn
Jurgen (name)
约炮
yuēpào
(slang) to hook up for a one night stand
约纳
Yuēnà
Jonah
约数
yuēshù
divisor (of a number)
节约
jiéyuē
to economize
HSK 4
约伯
Yuēbó
Job (name)
约束
yuēshù
to restrict
HSK 6
约摸
yuēmo
about
约法
yuēfǎ
temporary law
约略
yuēlüè
approximate
约章
yuēzhāng
charter
公约
gōngyuē
convention (i.e. international agreement)
简约
jiǎnyuē
sketchy
特约
tèyuē
specially engaged
立约
lìyuē
to make a contract
签约
qiānyuē
to sign a contract or agreement
北约
Běiyuē
NATO

Alternate Entries

约
yāo
to weigh in a balance or on a scale

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
423
Word Frequency Rank
454 of 84,292

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