約 (joek3 | yue1) : approximately; treaty, contract

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約

joek3

yue1

[1] [n] treaty; agreement; covenant; contract [2] brief(ly); simply [3] about; around; approximately [4] [n] date; appointment; engagement; rendezvous; [v] make an appointment [5] poor; poverty; hardship; straitened [6] [v] reduce (mathematics) [7] [v] bind; restrain [8] vague(ly)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

約 / 约

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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大約 daai6 joek3 da4 yue1 = about, approximately

紐約 nau2 joek3 niu3 yue1 = New York

約定 joek3 ding6 yue1 ding4 = to arrange or agree to

約好 joek3 hou2 yue1 hao3 = to arrange or agree to

合約 hap6 joek3 he2 yue1 = contract; treaty

失約 sat1 joek3 shi1 yue1 = to fail to keep an appointment

預約 jyu6 joek3 yu4 yue1 = to reserve; reservation; to book; booking

隱約 jan2 joek3 yin3 yue1 = vague

約束 joek3 cuk1 yue1 shu4 = to restrict

約會 joek3 wui6 yue1 hui4 = appointment
See all 79 compounds (CantoDict reports 84 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 約

一頭乳牛一天可以生產約八加侖牛奶
One dairy cattle can produces about 8 gallons of milk in one day

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Decimal representation of this word: 約
Unicode code for this character: U+7D04 (off-site link)

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