约 (yuē) means Make appointment (invite - approximately). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们要节 约 用水。
Wǒmen yào jiéyuē yòng shuǐ.
We should use water sparingly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 节约
他很会 约 束自己。
Tā hěn huì yuēshù zìjǐ.
He is good at restraining himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 约束
他跟朋友 约 会去了。
Tā gēn péngyou yuēhuì qù le.
He has gone to meet a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 约会
我们提倡节 约 用水。
Wǒmen tíchàng jiéyuē yòng shuǐ.
We advocate saving water.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 提倡
远处隐 约 传来歌声。
Yuǎnchù yǐnyuē chuánlái gēshēng.
Singing came faintly from far away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐约
会议大 约 开一个小时。
Huìyì dàyuē kāi yí ge xiǎoshí.
The meeting lasts about an hour.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大约
两国签订了一项条 约 。
Liǎng guó qiāndìng le yí xiàng tiáoyuē.
The two countries signed a treaty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 条约
教室里大 约 有五十个人。
Jiàoshì lǐ dàyuē yǒu wǔshí ge rén.
There are about fifty people in the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大约
节 约 时间就是节 约 生命。
Jiéyuē shíjiān jiù shì jiéyuē shēngmìng.
Saving time is saving life.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 节约
我今天下午有一个 约 会。
Wǒ jīntiān xiàwǔ yǒu yí ge yuēhuì.
I have an appointment this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 约会
这个箱子大 约 重五十磅。
Zhège xiāngzi dàyuē zhòng wǔshí bàng.
This box weighs about fifty pounds.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磅
富裕之后更要懂得节 约 。
Fùyù zhīhòu gèng yào dǒngde jiéyuē.
Once well off, one should understand thrift all the more.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 富裕
这项条 约 将于明年生效。
Zhè xiàng tiáoyuē jiāng yú míngnián shēngxiào.
This treaty comes into force next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 条约
他隐 约 记得那天的情形。
Tā yǐnyuē jìde nà tiān de qíngxing.
He vaguely remembers what happened that day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐约
制度对每个人都有 约 束力。
Zhìdù duì měi ge rén dōu yǒu yuēshù lì.
The rules are binding on everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 约束
两者互相制 约 ，互相影响。
Liǎng zhě hùxiāng zhìyuē, hùxiāng yǐngxiǎng.
The two constrain and influence each other.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制约
资金不足制 约 了项目的进展。
Zījīn bùzú zhìyuē le xiàngmù de jìnzhǎn.
Insufficient funding held back the project's progress.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制约
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Words that contain 约
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Questions about 约
How is 约 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 约 (yuē, "Make appointment (invite - approximately)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 约 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 约 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 约 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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