约
Meaning
- to make an appointment
- to invite
- approximately
- pact
- treaty
- to economize
- to restrict
- to reduce (a fraction)
- concise
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- to weigh in a balance or on a scale
Example sentences
- Is our appointment today or tomorrow?
- I made an appointment to see him at seven o'clock.
- The population of the city is about 100,000.
- We were flying about six hours.
HSK words with 约
- 大约dàyuēapproximately
- 节约jiéyuēto economize
- 约会yuēhuìappointment
- 签约qiānyuēto sign a contract or agreement
- 约束yuēshùto restrict
- 制约zhìyuēto restrict
- 合约héyuētreaty
- 约定yuēdìngto agree on sth (after discussion)
- 预约yùyuēbooking
- 条约tiáoyuētreaty
- 契约qìyuēagreement
- 公约gōngyuēconvention (i.e. international agreement)
- 相约xiāngyuēto agree (on a meeting place, date etc)
- 违约wéiyuēto break a promise
- 隐约yǐnyuēvague
- 不约而同bùyuēértóngto agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
- 约定俗成yuēdìngsúchéngestablished by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement