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约
(Trad.: 約)
HSK 4
Total strokes:
6;
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
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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
制约
[
zhì
yuē
]: to restrict; condition
条约
[
tiáo
yuē
]: treaty; pact; Classifiers:
个
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*约*
Pinyin:
yāo
English Definition:
to weigh in a balance or on a scale
Example Words:
约塔
[
yāo
tǎ
]: iota (Greek letter Ιι)
约维克
[
yāo
wéi
kè
]: Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
马约卡
[
mǎ
yāo
kǎ
]: Majorca (island of Spain)
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约*
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*约
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*约*
Example Sentences
kě
可
wǒ
我
jiù
shì
就是
bù
zhī
dào
不知道
gāi
该
zěn
me
怎么
yuē
约
tā
她
。
But I don't know how I should ask her out.
měi
rén
每人
zài
在
guò
qù
过去
èr
nián
二年
lǐ
里
de
的
shí
jì
实际
shōu
rù
收入
zēng
zhǎng
增长
le
了
yuē
约
bǎi
fēn
zhī
shí
百分之十
。
The real income per person rose by about 10 per cent in the last two years.
rú
guǒ
如果
nǐ
你
yī
一
zhǐ
只
yǎn
眼
shī
míng
失明
,
nǐ
你
zhǐ
只
huì
会
shī
qù
失去
yuē
约
wǔ
fēn
zhī
yī
五分之一
de
的
shì
lì
视力
(
dàn
但
huì
会
shī
qù
失去
quán
bù
全部
de
的
shēn
dù
深度
zhī
jué
知觉
)
。
If you go blind in one eye, you’ll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception).
hé
liú
河流
xià
mian
下面
yuē
约
yī
一
mǐ
米
shēn
chù
深处
hái
yǒu
还有
lìng
yī
另一
chù
处
yí
zhǐ
遗址
,
suī
rán
虽然
wǒ
men
我们
duì
对
tā
它
yì
wú
suǒ
zhī
一无所知
,
dàn
但
wǒ
我
xiǎng
想
liǎng
gè
两个
dì
fāng
地方
zhī
jiān
之间
yí
dìng
一定
cún
zài
存在
lián
xì
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.
dàn
shì
但是
,
xiàn
zài
现在
jǐn
仅
yǒu
yuē
有约
sì
fēn
zhī
yī
四分之一
de
的
zhè
这
lèi
rén
类人
yǐ
jīng
已经
zhù
shè
注射
guò
过
。
Only about one-quarter of people with those conditions, however, have been vaccinated.
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