约

約traditional

HSK 4#552 by frequencyradical 纟

yuē["d","b","v","g"]

approximately; to make an appointment; to invite; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise

yāo

to weigh in a balance or on a scale

Examples

大约两周内。

In about two weeks.

请节约用电。

Please save electricity.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.