约 – vocab dash

约yuē

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Meanings

1. to make an appointment

2. to invite

3. approximately

4. pact

5. treaty

6. to economize

7. to restrict

8. to reduce (a fraction)

9. concise

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Examples9

亚洲Yàzhōu的de大小dàxiǎo约yuē四sì倍bèi于yú欧洲Ōuzhōu。

Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.

这zhè封fēng信xìn约yuē一个yīge星期xīngqī左右zuǒyòu到达dàodá。

The letter will arrive in a week or so.

玛丽Mǎlì从cóng约yuē五wǔ百bǎi名míng申请人shēnqǐngrén中zhōng被bèi选中xuǎnzhòng。

Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.

这zhè本běn字典zìdiǎn包含bāohán了le约yuē4万wàn个gè词条cítiáo。

This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.

我wǒ和hé他tā约yuē了le7点钟diǎnzhōng见面jiànmiàn。

I made an appointment to see him at seven o'clock.

他们tāmen约yuē好hǎo一起yīqǐ向xiàng家人jiārén出柜chūguì。

They both agreed to come out of the closet to their family.