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Radical: 糸 Pictophonetic:
纟 indicates the sound;
纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 纟 [ sī ] silk; thread
- 勺 [ sháo ] spoon, ladle; unit of volume
- Pinyin: yuē
English Definition: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
Example Words:
大约 [
dà yuē ]: approximately; probably
节约 [
jié yuē ]: to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal
约会 [
yuē huì ]: appointment; engagement; date; Classifiers:
次 ; to arrange to meet
- Pinyin: yāo
English Definition: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
Example Words:
约塔 [
yāo tǎ ]: iota (Greek letter Ιι)
Example Sentences- 可我就是不知道该怎么约她。
But I don't know how I should ask her out.
- 每人在过去二年里的实际收入增长了约百分之十。
The real income per person rose by about 10 per cent in the last two years.
- 如果你一只眼失明，你只会失去约五分之一的视力（但会失去全部的深度知觉）。
If you go blind in one eye, you’ll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception).
- 河流下面约一米深处还有另一处遗址，虽然我们对它一无所知，但我想两个地方之间一定存在联系。
There is another site about a mile down the river which we know nothing about but I think there must be a connection.
- 但是，现在仅有约四分之一的这类人已经注射过。
Only about one-quarter of people with those conditions, however, have been vaccinated.
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