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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)

俭约
jiǎnyuē
sparing
公约
gōngyuē
convention (i.e. international agreement)
制约
zhìyuē
to restrict
HSK 6
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
HSK 4
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

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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