HSK 4 · Verbs

约会 yuēhuì “appointment” in Chinese

Traditional 約會

What 约会 means

  1. appointment
  2. engagement
  3. date
  4. to arrange to meet

Measure word 次 cì or 个 gè · 一次约会 yí cì yuēhuì

How to say 约会

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale约yuē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling

约会 in a sentence

  1. 我在三点有个约会。

    Wǒ zài sān diǎn yǒu ge yuēhuì.

    I have an appointment at three.

    Sentence #340644 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 很抱歉，我还有另一个约会。

    Hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ hái yǒu lìng yí ge yuēhuì.

    I’m sorry, I have another appointment.

    Sentence #333682 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 约会 also means a romantic “date”

    你觉得我明天约会穿什么好呢？

    Nǐ juéde wǒ míngtiān yuēhuì chuān shénme hǎo ne?

    What do you think I should wear on my date tomorrow?

    Sentence #4640140 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 约会 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 约 (yuē) with each of its parts in a different colour
约yuēto make an appointment
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 勺spoon · sháo
The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 约会

约 6 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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约会 (yuēhuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 约会 (yuēhuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 约会

Words with 约

约yuē · to arrange to meet节约jiéyuē · to economise大约dàyuē · approximately约束yuēshù · to restrain制约zhìyuē · to restrict隐约yǐnyuē · faint条约tiáoyuē · treaty

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet误会wùhuì · to misunderstand聚会jùhuì · party社会shèhuì · society

More words: Common Verbs

养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to赢yíng · to beat预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson允许yǔnxǔ · to permit增加zēngjiā · to raise照zhào · to shine整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange

FAQs

约会 (yuēhuì) means “appointment” or “engagement”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yuēhuì: yuē with a 1st tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 约会 is written 約會. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì) or 个 (gè). For example, one appointment is 一次约会 (yí cì yuēhuì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuehui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 约会 from the suggestions. Typing yuehui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
约会 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.