约 (約) yuē
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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
- 认养921地震受灾国中小学重建签约仪式(認養921地震受災國中小學重建簽約儀式) Rebuilding Elementary and Junior High Schools of September 21st Taiwan Earthquake Campaign
- 约心为是非(約心為是非) true and false are relative in one's mind
- 约教(約教) according to their doctrine
Also contained in
劳动契约 、 约当现金 、 约束 、 中法新约 、 特约记者 、 主契约 、 除另有约定 、 背约 、 成约 、 契约桥牌 、 特约 、 旧约 、 书约 、 禁止核武器试验条约 、 塞缪尔·约翰逊 、 北约 、 鸡黍之约 、 信贷违约掉期 、 辛丑条约 、 风姿绰约 、 博文约礼 、 约法三章 、 旧约全书 、 约塔 、 约翰一书 、 改订伊犁条约 、 法律约束力 、 约言 、 施洗约翰 、 缔约方 、 预约 、 违约 、 教义和圣约 、 失约 、 旧约圣经 、 新约圣经 、 约定资讯速率 、 旅大租地条约 、 公约 、 和约 、 片约 、 如约而至 、 缩约 、 约分 、 约沙法 、 约略估计 、 纽约人 、 括约肌
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 546
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 412
- Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 220
- Scroll 2 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 185
- Scroll 5 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 171
- Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 155
- Scroll 1 Huayan Yi Cheng Cheng Fo Miao Yi 華嚴一乘成佛妙義 — count: 153
- Scroll 4 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 150
- Scroll 10 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記 — count: 146
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 146
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
- 约利 (約利) 約利約耳 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 约捡 (約撿) 自相約撿 — Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Wuliang Qingjing Pingdeng Jue Jing) 無量清淨平等覺經, Scroll 3 — 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