约

Traditional (Taiwan): 約

yuē ㄩㄝ

    • to make an appointment
    • to invite
    • approximately
    • pact
    • treaty
    • to economize
    • to restrict
    • to reduce (a fraction)
    • concise

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

Less often

Other words read yuē

In the same tone

  • 曰 yuē speak
  • 矱 yuē standard

yue with other tones

  • 月 yuè moon
  • 越 yuè exceed
  • 乐 yuè music
  • 跃 yuè jump
  • 瀹 yuè cleanse
  • 岳 yuè high mountain
  • 粤 yuè Cantonese
  • 阅 yuè inspect
  • 悦 yuè pleased
  • 钥 yuè key
  • 钺 yuè battle-ax
  • 哕 yuě puke

All 27 words read yue in any tone

yāo ㄧㄠ

    • to weigh in a balance or on a scale

Other words read yāo

In the same tone

  • 要 yāo demand
  • 腰 yāo pocket
  • 幺 yāo youngest
  • 妖 yāo goblin
  • 邀 yāo invite
  • 夭 yāo die prematurely
  • 吆 yāo shout
  • 祅 yāo uncanny or anomalous phenomenon
  • 喓 yāo grasshopper chirp
  • 葽 yāo Polygala japonica

yao with other tones

  • 药 yào medicine
  • 咬 yǎo bite
  • 摇 yáo shake
  • 窑 yáo kiln
  • 遥 yáo distant
  • 傜 yáo Yao tribe
  • 姚 yáo handsome
  • 瑶 yáo jade
  • 耀 yào brilliant
  • 尧 yáo surname Yao
  • 垚 yáo embankment
  • 峣 yáo high

All 52 words read yao in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 约

    部首 radical
    纟
    笔画 strokes
    6, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    纟勺
    形旁 meaning
    纟
    Practise writing 约this character

    Trace 约, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 约: HSK 4 vocabulary, part 1: writing drill 8 of 12, HSK 5 vocabulary, part 25: writing drill 5 of 5, HSK 6 vocabulary, part 18: writing drill 5 of 7 and 19 more.

    Potential verbal descriptions

    • 约(yuē)会(huì)的(de)约(yuē) yuēhuì de yuē ㄩㄝ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄩㄝ
    • 绞(jiǎo)丝(sī)旁(páng)的(de)约(yuē) jiǎo sī páng de yuē ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄙ ㄆㄤˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄩㄝ

    Words with 约

    Starting with 约

    All 63 words starting with 约

    Ending with 约

    • 条约 tiáoyuē treaty
    • 大约 dàyuē approximately
    • 纽约 niǔyuē New York
    • 制约 zhìyuē restrict
    • 北约 běiyuē NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
    • 公约 gōngyuē convention
    • 节约 jiéyuē economize
    • 和约 héyuē peace treaty
    • 契约 qìyuē agreement
    • 签约 qiānyuē sign a contract or agreement
    • 特约 tèyuē specially engaged
    • 隐约 yǐnyuē vague

    All 98 words ending with 约

    Containing 约

    All 49 words containing 约

    Sources