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约 (約) yuē

yuē adjective approximately
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 大概 (ABC 'yuē' 约 adv; GHC yuē '约' 16; NCCED yuē '约' 7)
yuē noun a treaty; an agreement; a covenant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 和约 (ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 4; Unihan '約')
yuē verb to arrange; to make an appointment
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 约定 (ABC 'yuē' 约 v 1; GHC yuē '约' 11; NCCED yuē '约' 2)
yuē adjective vague; indistinct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 隐约 (ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 5)
yuē verb to invite
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 请 (ABC 'yuē' 约 v 2; GHC yuē '约' 12; NCCED yuē '约' 4)
yuē verb to reduce a fraction
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: (ABC 'yuē' 约 v 3; NCCED yuē '约' 8)
yuē verb to restrain; to restrict; to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 约束. For example, in 論語·子罕 ”Analects of Confucius”, Zi Han: 約我以禮 '[taught] me the restraints of propriety' (trans. by Legge, 1861; ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 1; GHC yuē '约' 4; Guoyu '約' v 2; NCCED yuē '约' 1)
yuē adjective frugal; economical; thrifty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 节约 (ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 2; GHC yuē '约' 7; NCCED yuē '约' 6)
yuē adjective brief; simple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 简约 (ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 3; GHC yuē '约' 6; NCCED yuē '约' 5; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2008)
yuē noun an appointment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED yuē '约' 3)
yuē verb to envelop; to shroud
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 笼罩 (GHC yuē '约' 15)
yuē noun a rope
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 绳子 (GHC yuē '约' 1)
yuē verb to tie up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 捆 (GHC yuē '约' 2; Guoyu '約' v 1)
yuē adjective crooked
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 屈曲 (GHC yuē '约' 3)
yuē verb to prevent; to block
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阻止 (GHC yuē '约' 5)
yuē adjective destitute; poverty stricken
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 穷困 (GHC yuē '约' 8)
yuē adjective base; low
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 卑下 (GHC yuē '约' 9)
yuē verb to prepare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 准备 (GHC yuē '约' 13)
yuē verb to plunder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 掠 (GHC yuē '约' 14)
yuē verb to envelop; to shroud
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 笼罩 (GHC yuē '约' 15)
yāo verb to weigh
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (ABC 'yāo' 约; NCCED yāo '约')
yāo noun crucial point; key point
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC yāo '约' 17)
yuē adjective agreement; samaya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: samaya, Japanese: yaku (BCSD '約', p. 926; MW 'samaya'; Unihan '約')

Contained in

约法(約法) according to the Dharma; according to teachings
文约(文約) a written agreement ; text is concise ; words are concise

Also contained in

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Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 551
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 421
Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 221
Scroll 2 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 187
Scroll 5 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 173
Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 168
Scroll 1 Huayan Yi Cheng Cheng Fo Miao Yi 華嚴一乘成佛妙義 — count: 157
Scroll 4 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 153
Scroll 1 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 149
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 147

Collocations

约勅 (約勅) 具約勅我 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 32
约誓 (約誓) 汝若約誓不作亂者 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 40 — count: 13
约时 (約時) 何所是時曰約時 — Sutra on the Adornments and Purity of the Buddha Land of Mañjuśrī (Wenshushili Fotu Yan Jing Jing) 文殊師利佛土嚴淨經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
约净天 (約淨天) 約淨天 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
约省 (約省) 而自約省己 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
说约 (說約) 當說約誓 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 40 — count: 5
自相约 (自相約) 自相約撿 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
利约 (利約) 約利約耳 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
遮约 (遮約) 國王應當如法遮約 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 58 — count: 4
约旷野 (約曠野) 十名閻魔羅遮約曠野 — Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經, Scroll 7 — count: 4