yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

HSK 4 #424

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

根 yuē gēn Jurgen (name)
柜 yuē guì Ark of the Covenant
沙法 yuē shā fǎ Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)
炮 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call
珥书 yuē ěr shū Book of Joel
瑟夫・斯大林 yuē sè fū ・ sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
略 yuē lüè approximate; rough
略估计 yuē lüè gū jì approximate estimate; to reckon roughly
当现金 yuē dāng xiàn jīn cash equivalent (accountancy)
章 yuē zhāng charter
等于 yuē děng yú approximately equal to
纳 yuē nà Jonah
翰・厄普代克 yuē hàn ・ è pǔ dài kè John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
翰・拉贝 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・霍金斯大学 yuē hàn ・ huò jīn sī dà xué Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
翰一书 yuē hàn yī shū First epistle of St John
翰三书 yuē hàn sān shū Third epistle of St John
翰二书 yuē hàn èr shū Second epistle of St John
翰保罗 yuē hàn bǎo luó John Paul (name); Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005
翰参书 yuē hàn cān shū Third epistle of St John; also written 約翰三書|约翰三书
翰壹书 yuē hàn yī shū First epistle of St John; also written 約翰一書|约翰一书
翰福音 yuē hàn fú yīn Gospel according to St John
翰贰书 yuē hàn èr shū Second epistle of St John; also written 約翰二書|约翰二书