约 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

旧约全书 jiù yuē quán shū Old Testament
词约指明 cí yuē zhǐ míng concise but unambiguous (idiom)
语言誓约 yǔ yán shì yuē language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
践约 jiàn yuē to keep a promise; to honor an agreement
辛丑条约 xīn chǒu tiáo yuē Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
通约 tōng yuē common measure
违信背约 wéi xìn bèi yuē in violation of contract and good faith
远期合约 yuǎn qī hé yuē forward contract (finance)
邀约 yāo yuē to invite; to make an appointment
里瓦几亚条约 lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
里约 lǐ yuē Rio; abbr. for 里約熱內盧|里约热内卢[Li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2]; agreement between the residents of a 里[li3], an administrative district under a city or town (Tw)
阿罗约 ā luó yuē surname Arroyo
除另有约定 chú lìng yǒu yuē dìng unless otherwise agreed
隐约其辞 yǐn yuē qí cí equivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language
集约 jí yuē intensive
集体安全条约组织 jí tǐ ān quán tiáo yuē zǔ zhī Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
风姿绰约 fēng zī chuò yuē graceful; charming; feminine
马约卡 mǎ yāo kǎ Majorca (island of Spain)
马约特 mǎ yuē tè Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique
马关条约 mǎ guān tiáo yuē Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[Jia3 wu3 Zhan4 zheng1]
中约 zhōng yuē approximately; roughly
高约 gāo yuē approximately high; around a height of
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