HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Everyday Verbs

约 yuē “to arrange to meet” in Chinese

Traditional 約

What 约 means

  1. to arrange to meet
  2. to invite
  3. approximately
  4. to make an appointment
  5. pact
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • treaty
  • to economise

How to say 约

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale约yuē1st tone, high and level

约 in a sentence

  1. 我们约的是今天还是明天？

    Wǒmen yuē de shì jīntiān háishi míngtiān?

    Did we arrange to meet today or tomorrow?

    Sentence #6579291 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 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

  3. 大约两周内。

    Dàyuē liǎng zhōu nèi.

    In about two weeks.

    Sentence #335002 from Tatoeba

How 约 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

How to write 约

约 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 约

Words with 约

节约jiéyuē · to economise约会yuēhuì · appointment大约dàyuē · approximately约束yuēshù · to restrain制约zhìyuē · to restrict隐约yǐnyuē · faint条约tiáoyuē · treaty

More words: Everyday Verbs

活huó · to live定dìng · to decide按àn · to press入rù · to enter加入jiārù · to join通tōng · to go through排pái · to line up留下liúxia · to leave behind

FAQs

约 (yuē) means “to arrange to meet” or “to invite”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it yuē: yuē with a 1st 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 is written 約. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 约 from the suggestions. Typing yue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
约 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.