约 (約) yuē

1. 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)
2. 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')
3. 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)
4. yuē adjective vague; indistinct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 隐约 (ABC 'yuē' 约 bf 5)
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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. yuē noun an appointment
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED yuē '约' 3)
11. yuē verb to envelop; to shroud
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 笼罩 (GHC yuē '约' 15)
12. yuē noun a rope
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 绳子 (GHC yuē '约' 1)
13. 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)
14. yuē adjective crooked
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 屈曲 (GHC yuē '约' 3)
15. yuē verb to prevent; to block
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阻止 (GHC yuē '约' 5)
16. yuē adjective destitute; poverty stricken
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 穷困 (GHC yuē '约' 8)
17. yuē adjective base; low
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 卑下 (GHC yuē '约' 9)
18. yuē verb to prepare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 准备 (GHC yuē '约' 13)
19. yuē verb to plunder
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 掠 (GHC yuē '约' 14)
20. yuē verb to envelop; to shroud
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 笼罩 (GHC yuē '约' 15)
21. yāo verb to weigh
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
    Notes: (ABC 'yāo' 约; NCCED yāo '约')
22. yāo noun crucial point; key point
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC yāo '约' 17)
23. yuē adjective agreement; samaya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: samaya, Japanese: yaku (BCSD '約', p. 926; MW 'samaya'; Unihan '約')

Contained in

• 文约(文約) a written agreement ; text is concise ; words are concise
• 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

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 约省 (約省) 而自約省己 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 约净天 (約淨天) 約淨天 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — 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
• 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
• 约可 (約可) 約利約可 — Chu Yao Jing (Dharmapada) 出曜經, Scroll 15 — count: 4
• 利约 (利約) 約利約耳 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 4