| 約 | [ yaō ] to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 約 | [ yuē ] to make an appointment, to invite, approximately, pact, treaty, to economize, to restrict, to reduce (a fraction), concise |
| 約伯 | [ yuē bó ] Job (name), Book of Job in the Old Testament |
| 約伯記 | [ yuē bó jì ] Book of Job (in the Old Testament) |
| 約但 | [ yuē dàn ] variant of 約旦|约旦, Jordan |
| 約但河 | [ yuē dàn hé ] variant of 約旦河|约旦河[Yue1 dan4 He2] |
| 約克 | [ yuē kè ] York |
| 約克郡 | [ yuē kè jùn ] Yorkshire (English region) |
| 約出 | [ yuē chū ] to arrange to go on a date with sb |
| 約分 | [ yuē fēn ] reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths), to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator |
| 約制 | [ yuē zhì ] to bind, to restrict, to constrain |
| 約合 | [ yuē hé ] approximately, about (some numerical value) |
| 約同 | [ yuē tóng ] to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc) |
| 約坦 | [ yuē tǎn ] Jotham (son of Uzziah) |
| 約塔 | [ yaō tǎ ] iota (Greek letter Ιι) |
| 約契 | [ yuē qì ] contract, oath of allegiance |
| 約定 | [ yuē dìng ] to agree on sth (after discussion), to conclude a bargain, to arrange, to promise, to stipulate, to make an appointment, stipulated (time, amount, quality etc), an arrangement, a deal, appointment, undertaking, commitment, understanding, engagement, stipulation |
| 約定俗成 | [ yuē dìng sú chéng ] established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement, customary convention |
| 約定資訊速率 | [ yuē dìng zī xùn sù lǜ ] committed information rate (Frame Relay), CIR |
| 約拿書 | [ yuē ná shū ] Book of Jonah |
| 約摸 | [ yuē mo ] about, around, approximately, also written 約莫|约莫 |
| 約數 | [ yuē shù ] divisor (of a number), approximate number |
| 約旦 | [ yuē dàn ] Jordan |
| 約旦河 | [ yuē dàn hé ] Jordan River |
| 約書亞 | [ yuē shū yà ] Joshua (name) |
| 約書亞記 | [ yuē shū yà jì ] Book of Joshua |
| 約會 | [ yuē huì ] appointment, engagement, date, CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4], to arrange to meet |
| 約會對象 | [ yuē huì duì xiàng ] partner for dating, a date (boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 約束 | [ yuē shù ] to restrict, to limit to, to constrain, restriction, constraint |
| 約束力 | [ yuē shù lì ] (of a contract) binding (law) |
| 約束條件 | [ yuē shù jiàn ] restrictive condition, constraint |
| 約根 | [ yuē gēn ] Jurgen (name) |
| 約櫃 | [ yuē guì ] Ark of the Covenant |
| 約沙法 | [ yuē shā fǎ ] Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism) |
| 約法 | [ yuē fǎ ] temporary law, provisional constitution |
| 約法三章 | [ yuē fǎ sān zhāng ] to agree on three laws (idiom), three-point covenant, (fig.) preliminary agreement, basic rules |
| 約炮 | [ yuē paò ] (slang) to hook up for a one night stand, booty call |
| 約珥書 | [ yuē ěr shū ] Book of Joel |
| 約瑟 | [ yuē sè ] Joseph (name) |
| 約瑟夫 | [ yuē sè fū ] Joseph (name) |
| 約瑟夫b7斯大林 | [ yuē sè fū sī dà lín ] Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator |
| 約略 | [ yuē lvè ] approximate, rough |
| 約略估計 | [ yuē lvè gū jì ] approximate estimate, to reckon roughly |
| 約當現金 | [ yuē dāng xiàn jīn ] cash equivalent (accountancy) |
| 約章 | [ yuē zhāng ] charter |
| 約等於 | [ yuē děng yú ] approximately equal to |
| 約納 | [ yuē nà ] Jonah |
| 約維克 | [ yaō weí kè ] Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway) |
| 約翰 | [ yuē hàn ] John (name), Johan (name), Johann (name) |
| 約翰b7厄普代克 | [ yuē hàn è pǔ daì kè ] John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner |
| 約翰b7拉貝 | [ yuē hàn lā beì ] John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period |
| 約翰b7本仁 | [ yuē hàn běn rén ] John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路歷程|天路历程 |
| 約翰b7霍金斯 | [ yuē hàn huò jīn sī ] John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain, Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist |
| 約翰b7霍金斯大學 | [ yuē hàn huò jīn sī dà xué ] Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 約翰一書 | [ yuē hàn yī shū ] First epistle of St John |
| 約翰三書 | [ yuē hàn sān shū ] Third epistle of St John |
| 約翰二書 | [ yuē hàn èr shū ] Second epistle of St John |
| 約翰保羅 | [ yuē hàn baǒ luó ] John Paul (name), Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005 |
| 約翰內斯堡 | [ yuē hàn neì sī baǒ ] Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 約翰參書 | [ yuē hàn cān shū ] Third epistle of St John, also written 約翰三書|约翰三书 |
| 約翰壹書 | [ yuē hàn yī shū ] First epistle of St John, also written 約翰一書|约翰一书 |
| 約翰斯頓 | [ yuē hàn sī dùn ] Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name |
| 約翰福音 | [ yuē hàn fú yīn ] Gospel according to St John |
| 約翰貳書 | [ yuē hàn èr shū ] Second epistle of St John, also written 約翰二書|约翰二书 |
| 約翰遜 | [ yuē hàn xùn ] Johnson or Johnston (name) |
| 約莫 | [ yuē mo ] about, around, approximately |
| 約西亞 | [ yuē xī yà ] Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism) |
| 約見 | [ yuē jiàn ] to arrange an interview, an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) |
| 約言 | [ yuē yán ] promise, one's word, pledge, abbreviation |
| 約計 | [ yuē jì ] approximate estimate, a rough count |
| 約請 | [ yuē qǐng ] to invite, to issue an invitation |
| 約集 | [ yuē jí ] to assemble by agreement, to gather |
| ⇒ 不可通約 | [ bù kě tōng yuē ] having no common measure, incommensurable, incommensurate |
| ⇒ 不平等條約 | [ bù píng děng yuē ] (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) |
| ⇒ 不擴散核武器條約 | [ bù kuò sàn hé wǔ qì yuē ] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
| ⇒ 不約而同 | [ bù yuē ér tóng ] to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation |
| ⇒ 中俄伊犁條約 | [ zhōng é yī lí yuē ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights |
| ⇒ 中俄北京條約 | [ zhōng é beǐ jīng yuē ] the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia |
| ⇒ 中俄尼布楚條約 | [ zhōng é ní bù chǔ yuē ] Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia |
| ⇒ 中俄改訂條約 | [ zhōng é gaǐ dìng yuē ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights |
| ⇒ 中法新約 | [ zhōng fǎ xīn yuē ] treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France |
| ⇒ 信貸違約掉期 | [ xìn daì weí yuē qī ] credit default swap (finance) |
| ⇒ 儉約 | [ jiǎn yuē ] sparing, economical |
| ⇒ 兒童權利公約 | [ ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē ] Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) |
| ⇒ 全面禁止核試驗條約 | [ quán miàn jìn zhǐ hé shì yàn yuē ] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty |
| ⇒ 公民權利和政治權利國際公約 | [ gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē ] International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) |
| ⇒ 公約 | [ gōng yuē ] convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| ⇒ 公約數 | [ gōng yuē shù ] common factor, common divisor |
| ⇒ 制約 | [ zhì yuē ] to restrict, condition |
| ⇒ 勤儉節約 | [ qín jiǎn jié yuē ] diligent and thrifty (idiom) |
| ⇒ 北大西洋公約組織 | [ beǐ dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī ] North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO |
| ⇒ 北約 | [ beǐ yuē ] NATO, abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| ⇒ 協約 | [ xié yuē ] entente, pact, agreement, negotiated settlement |
| ⇒ 協約國 | [ xié yuē guó ] Allies, entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1) |
| ⇒ 南京條約 | [ nán jīng yuē ] Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain |
| ⇒ 博文約禮 | [ bó wén yuē lǐ ] vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom) |
| ⇒ 厲行節約 | [ lì xíng jié yuē ] to practice strict economy (idiom) |
| ⇒ 反酷刑折磨公約 | [ fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē ] UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) |
| ⇒ 受約束 | [ shoù yuē shù ] restricted, constrained |
| ⇒ 可通約 | [ kě tōng yuē ] commensurable, having a common measure |
| ⇒ 合約 | [ hé yuē ] treaty, contract |
| ⇒ 和平條約 | [ hé píng yuē ] peace treaty |
| ⇒ 和約 | [ hé yuē ] peace treaty |
| ⇒ 商約 | [ shāng yuē ] trade treaty |
| ⇒ 塞繆爾b7約翰遜 | [ saī miù ěr yuē hàn xùn ] Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer |
| ⇒ 大約 | [ dà yuē ] approximately, probably |
| ⇒ 大衛營和約 | [ dà weì yíng hé yuē ] the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt |
| ⇒ 天津條約 | [ tiān jīn yuē ] Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China |
| ⇒ 失約 | [ shī yuē ] to miss an appointment |
| ⇒ 契約 | [ qì yuē ] agreement, contract |
| ⇒ 契約橋牌 | [ qì yuē paí ] contract bridge (card game) |
| ⇒ 契約精神 | [ qì yuē jīng shén ] culture of honoring contractual obligations |
| ⇒ 如約而至 | [ rú yuē ér zhì ] to arrive as planned, right on schedule |
| ⇒ 婉約 | [ wǎn yuē ] graceful and subdued (style) |
| ⇒ 婚約 | [ hūn yuē ] engagement, wedding contract |
| ⇒ 守約 | [ shoǔ yuē ] to keep an appointment, to keep one's word |
| ⇒ 定約 | [ dìng yuē ] to conclude a treaty, to make an agreement, contract (at bridge) |
| ⇒ 密約 | [ mì yuē ] secret appointment |
| ⇒ 尼布楚條約 | [ ní bù chǔ yuē ] Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia |
| ⇒ 履約 | [ lǚ yuē ] to keep a promise, to honor an agreement |
| ⇒ 履約保證金 | [ lǚ yuē baǒ zhèng jīn ] performance bond (international trade) |
| ⇒ 拉薩條約 | [ lā sà yuē ] Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet |
| ⇒ 括約肌 | [ kuò yuē jī ] sphincter |
| ⇒ 收購要約 | [ shoū goù yaō yuē ] takeover bid |
| ⇒ 改訂伊犁條約 | [ gaǐ dìng yī lí yuē ] Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights |
| ⇒ 教義和聖約 | [ yì hé shèng yuē ] Doctrine and Covenants |
| ⇒ 文約 | [ wén yuē ] contract, written agreement |
| ⇒ 斯密約瑟 | [ sī mì yuē sè ] Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement |
| ⇒ 新約 | [ xīn yuē ] New Testament |
| ⇒ 新約全書 | [ xīn yuē quán shū ] New Testament |
| ⇒ 施洗約翰 | [ shī xǐ yuē hàn ] John the Baptist |
| ⇒ 施洗者約翰 | [ shī xǐ zhě yuē hàn ] John the Baptist |
| ⇒ 旅大租地條約 | [ lǚ dà zū dì yuē ] unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia |
| ⇒ 日光節約時 | [ rì guāng jié yuē shí ] daylight saving time |
| ⇒ 書約 | [ shū yuē ] book contract |
| ⇒ 最大公約數 | [ zuì dà gōng yuē shù ] highest common factor HCF, greatest common divisor GCD |
| ⇒ 有約在先 | [ yoǔ yuē zaì xiān ] to have a prior engagement |
| ⇒ 期貨合約 | [ qī huò hé yuē ] futures contract (finance) |
| ⇒ 李約瑟 | [ lǐ yuē sè ] Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China |
| ⇒ 桑帕約 | [ sāng pà yuē ] Sampaio (name), Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006, Sampaio, town in Brazil |
| ⇒ 條約 | [ yuē ] treaty, pact, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 棄約背盟 | [ qì yuē beì méng ] to abrogate an agreement, to break one's oath (idiom) |
| ⇒ 棒約翰 | [ bàng yuē hàn ] Papa John's (pizza chain) |
| ⇒ 毀約 | [ huǐ yuē ] to break a promise, breach of contract |
| ⇒ 沈約 | [ shěn yuē ] Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 |
| ⇒ 法律約束力 | [ fǎ lǜ yuē shù lì ] legal force (i.e. binding in law) |
| ⇒ 消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約 | [ chú duì fù nǚ yī qiè xíng shì qí shì gōng yuē ] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| ⇒ 瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約 | [ bīn weī yě shēng dòng zhí wù zhǒng guó jì maò yì gōng yuē ] Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES |
| ⇒ 照約定 | [ zhaò yuē dìng ] according to agreement, as arranged, as stipulated |
| ⇒ 爽約 | [ shuǎng yuē ] to miss an appointment |
| ⇒ 片約 | [ piàn yuē ] movie contract |
| ⇒ 特約 | [ tè yuē ] specially engaged, employed or commissioned for a special task |
| ⇒ 特約記者 | [ tè yuē jì zhě ] special correspondent, stringer |
| ⇒ 璦琿條約 | [ aì hún yuē ] Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia |
| ⇒ 盟約 | [ méng yuē ] contract of alliance, oath or treaty between allies |
| ⇒ 相約 | [ xiāng yuē ] to agree (on a meeting place, date etc), to reach agreement, to make an appointment |
| ⇒ 破約 | [ pò yuē ] to break a promise |
| ⇒ 禁止核武器試驗條約 | [ jìn zhǐ hé wǔ qì shì yàn yuē ] nuclear test ban treaty |
| ⇒ 租約 | [ zū yuē ] lease |
| ⇒ 立約 | [ lì yuē ] to make a contract |
| ⇒ 節約 | [ jié yuē ] to economize, to conserve (resources), economy, frugal |
| ⇒ 簡約 | [ jiǎn yuē ] sketchy, concise, abbreviated |
| ⇒ 簽約 | [ qiān yuē ] to sign a contract or agreement |
| ⇒ 簽約獎金 | [ qiān yuē jiǎng jīn ] signing bonus, sign-on bonus |
| ⇒ 紐約 | [ niǔ yuē ] New York |
| ⇒ 紐約人 | [ niǔ yuē rén ] New Yorker |
| ⇒ 紐約大學 | [ niǔ yuē dà xué ] New York University |
| ⇒ 紐約客 | [ niǔ yuē kè ] The New Yorker, US magazine, resident of New York |
| ⇒ 紐約州 | [ niǔ yuē zhoū ] New York state |
| ⇒ 紐約市 | [ niǔ yuē shì ] New York City |
| ⇒ 紐約帝國大廈 | [ niǔ yuē dì guó dà shà ] Empire State Building |
| ⇒ 紐約時報 | [ niǔ yuē shí baò ] New York Times (newspaper) |
| ⇒ 紐約證券交易所 | [ niǔ yuē zhèng quàn yì suǒ ] New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) |
| ⇒ 紐約郵報 | [ niǔ yuē yoú baò ] New York Post (newspaper) |
| ⇒ 經濟社會及文化權利國際公約 | [ jīng jì shè huì jí wén huà quán lì guó jì gōng yuē ] International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) |
| ⇒ 網約車 | [ wǎng yuē chē ] app-based taxi |
| ⇒ 綽約 | [ chuò yuē ] graceful, charming |
| ⇒ 締約 | [ dì yuē ] to conclude a treaty |
| ⇒ 締約國 | [ dì yuē guó ] signatory states, countries that are party to a treaty |
| ⇒ 締約方 | [ dì yuē fāng ] party in a contract, treaty etc |
| ⇒ 縮約 | [ suō yuē ] contraction (in grammar), abbreviation |
| ⇒ 續約 | [ xù yuē ] to renew or extend a contract |
| ⇒ 聖約 | [ shèng yuē ] covenant |
| ⇒ 聖約瑟夫 | [ shèng yuē sè fū ] Saint Joseph |
| ⇒ 聖約翰 | [ shèng yuē hàn ] Saint John |
| ⇒ 聖約翰斯 | [ shèng yuē hàn sī ] St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada |
| ⇒ 聯合國氣候變化框架公約 | [ lián hé guó qì hoù biàn huà kuàng jià gōng yuē ] United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| ⇒ 聯合國海洋法公約 | [ lián hé guó haǐ yáng fǎ gōng yuē ] United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| ⇒ 背約 | [ beì yuē ] to break an agreement, to go back on one's word, to fail to keep one's promise |
| ⇒ 自奉儉約 | [ zì fèng jiǎn yuē ] to live frugally (idiom) |
| ⇒ 舊約 | [ jiù yuē ] Old Testament |
| ⇒ 舊約 | [ jiù yuē ] former agreement, former contract |
| ⇒ 舊約全書 | [ jiù yuē quán shū ] Old Testament |
| ⇒ 要約 | [ yaō yuè ] to restrict, to agree to a contract, offer, bid |
| ⇒ 規約 | [ guī yuē ] terms (of an agreement) |
| ⇒ 解約 | [ jiě yuē ] to terminate an agreement, to cancel a contract |
| ⇒ 詞約指明 | [ cí yuē zhǐ míng ] concise but unambiguous (idiom) |
| ⇒ 誓約 | [ shì yuē ] oath, vow, pledge, promise |
| ⇒ 語言誓約 | [ yǔ yán shì yuē ] language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school) |
| ⇒ 賭約 | [ dǔ yuē ] bet, wager |
| ⇒ 赴約 | [ fù yuē ] to keep an appointment |
| ⇒ 踐約 | [ jiàn yuē ] to keep a promise, to honor an agreement |
| ⇒ 辛丑條約 | [ xīn choǔ yuē ] Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising |
| ⇒ 通約 | [ tōng yuē ] common measure |
| ⇒ 違信背約 | [ weí xìn beì yuē ] in violation of contract and good faith |
| ⇒ 違約 | [ weí yuē ] to break a promise, to violate an agreement, to default (on a loan or contract) |
| ⇒ 違約金 | [ weí yuē jīn ] penalty (fee) |
| ⇒ 遠期合約 | [ yuǎn qī hé yuē ] forward contract (finance) |
| ⇒ 邀約 | [ yaō yuē ] to invite, to make an appointment |
| ⇒ 里瓦幾亞條約 | [ lǐ wǎ jī yà yuē ] Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg) |
| ⇒ 里約 | [ lǐ yuē ] Rio, abbr. for 里約熱內盧|里约热内卢[Li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2] |
| ⇒ 里約 | [ lǐ yuē ] agreement between the residents of a 里[li3], an administrative district under a city or town (Tw) |
| ⇒ 里約熱內盧 | [ lǐ yuē rè neì lú ] Rio de Janeiro |
| ⇒ 阿羅約 | [ ā luó yuē ] surname Arroyo |
| ⇒ 除另有約定 | [ chú lìng yoǔ yuē dìng ] unless otherwise agreed |
| ⇒ 隱約 | [ yǐn yuē ] vague, faint, indistinct |
| ⇒ 隱約其辭 | [ yǐn yuē qí cí ] equivocal speech, to use vague or ambiguous language |
| ⇒ 隱隱約約 | [ yǐn yǐn yuē yuē ] faint, distant, barely audible |
| ⇒ 隱隱約約 | [ yǐn yǐn yuē yuē ] faint, distant, barely audible |
| ⇒ 集約 | [ jí yuē ] intensive |
| ⇒ 集體安全條約組織 | [ jí tǐ ān quán yuē zǔ zhī ] Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) |
| ⇒ 預約 | [ yù yuē ] booking, reservation, to book, to make an appointment |
| ⇒ 風姿綽約 | [ fēng zī chuò yuē ] graceful, charming, feminine |
| ⇒ 馬約卡 | [ mǎ yaō kǎ ] Majorca (island of Spain) |
| ⇒ 馬約特 | [ mǎ yuē tè ] Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique |
| ⇒ 馬關條約 | [ mǎ guān yuē ] Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[Jia3 wu3 Zhan4 zheng1] |