约

The character "约" has 6 strokes. "约" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "约" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "约" are "yuē" "yāo" . View the stroke order of "约">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "约"

v.: weigh; restrict; restrain; make an appointment; arrange; invite; reduce fractions

n.: agreement; appointment

adj.: simple; brief; economical; frugal

adv.: about; around

• weigh : v.称…的重量；考虑；权衡
• restrict : v.限制；控制；约束；限制…的行动自由；限定某人只做；限定某人仅拥有；限制某人只呆在；限定某事（尤指活动）于；封锁
• restrain : v.抑制；遏制；限制；阻止；克制；剥夺…的行动自由；管押；监禁；缚住
• make an appointment : 预约；进行预约；预约挂号
• arrange : v.整理；使有条理；排列整齐；安排；改编；解决；事先安排；提前达成协议
• invite : v.邀请；征求；征聘；招致；引起；吸引；诱使；怂恿
• agreement : n.协调一致；同意；一致意见；协定；一致；合同；契约；相容；呼应
• appointment : n.约会；约定；任命；委派；家具；陈设；工作；岗位；被任命的人；受委任的人
• simple : adj.简明的；简易的；简单的；结构单一的；低下的；谦卑的；智商低下的；蠢的；朴素的；简朴的
• brief : adj.短暂的；短时间的；简洁的；简明的；短的；短而暴露的
• economical : adj.经济的；合算的；简练的；简洁的；不浪费钱的；节约的；节省的；不浪费的
• frugal : adj.节俭的；俭省的；廉价的；简单且花钱少的
• about : prep.关于；有关；在…各处；围绕着；在…中各处；对于；为了；涉及；在…方面；在…上显出
• around : adv.在四周；朝对立面；到处；漫无目的地；无系统地；在各处；在附近；生活在附近；在使用中；大约

Form words with "约"

Example phrases using "约"

• 这部汉英词典收录词条约十五万条。

  This Chinese-English dictionary includes/contains about 150,000 entries.

• 约 约这有多重。

  See how much it weighs.

• 我们可以约到下周的哪个下午。

  We could make an appointment for some afternoon next week.

• 他跟电影制片厂签了新片约。

  He signed a new contract with the film studio.

• 这座城东西约六公里，南北约八公里。

  The city is about 6 kilometres from east to west and 8 kilometres from north to south.

• 这艘船偏离航道约95公里。

  The ship had strayed about 95 kms off course.

• 这个水库库容约为3,000万立方米。

  The reservoir has a storage capacity of about 30 million cubic metres.

• 他想约她，但羞于启齿。

  He wanted to ask her for a date, but shyness always held him back.

• 给我约三斤西红柿。

  Weigh out three jin of tomatoes for me.

• 去约他已经来不及了，再说他也不一定有工夫。

  It’s too late to invite him. Besides, he might be too busy to come.