yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

法三章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules
炮 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call
珥書 yuē ěr shū Book of Joel
瑟 yuē sè Joseph (name)
瑟夫 yuē sè fū Joseph (name)
瑟夫・斯大林 yuē sè fū ・ sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
略 yuē lüè approximate; rough
略估計 yuē lüè gū jì approximate estimate; to reckon roughly
當現金 yuē dāng xiàn jīn cash equivalent (accountancy)
章 yuē zhāng charter
等於 yuē děng yú approximately equal to
納 yuē nà Jonah
維克 yāo wéi kè Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
翰 yuē hàn John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
翰・厄普代克 yuē hàn ・ è pǔ dài kè John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
翰・拉貝 yuē hàn ・ lā bèi John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
翰・本仁 yuē hàn ・ běn rén John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路歷程|天路历程
翰・霍金斯 yuē hàn ・ huò jīn sī John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain; Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
翰・霍金斯大學 yuē hàn ・ huò jīn sī dà xué Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
翰一書 yuē hàn yī shū First epistle of St John
翰三書 yuē hàn sān shū Third epistle of St John
翰二書 yuē hàn èr shū Second epistle of St John
翰保羅 yuē hàn bǎo luó John Paul (name); Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005
翰內斯堡 yuē hàn nèi sī bǎo Johannesburg, South Africa
翰參書 yuē hàn cān shū Third epistle of St John; also written 約翰三書|约翰三书