yuē

to make an appointment; approximately; to invite

Character data

Radical ⽷ (120.3)
Strokes 9
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

約 yuē
  1. 1. to make an appointment
  2. 2. approximately
  3. 3. to invite
  4. 4. to restrict
  5. 5. to economize
  6. 6. concise
  7. 7. pact
  8. 8. treaty
  9. 9. to reduce (a fraction)
約 yāo
  1. 1. to weigh in a balance or on a scale

Words containing 約

Word Meaning
basic rules; (fig.) preliminary agreement
(slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call
Book of Joel
Joseph (name)
Joseph (name)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
approximate; rough
approximate estimate; to reckon roughly
cash equivalent (accountancy)
charter
approximately equal to
Jonah
Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
John Rabe, German who helped Nanjing people
John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim’s Progress
John Hawkins, English sea captain
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
First epistle of St John
Third epistle of St John
Second epistle of St John
John Paul (name)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Third epistle of St John; also written yuē hàn sān shū