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yuē

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yuē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuē | yue1
English translation
treaty, covenant, agreement

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About yuē

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yuē

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of yuē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹勺

Semantic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of yuē . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and sháo represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to bind". The meaning later shifted to "restrain", "keep under control", "appointment", and "approximately".

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Words with yuē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yāo pact yuē
约会 yuēhuì appointment約會
纽约 Niǔ yuē New York紐約
大约 dàyuē probably大約
约翰 Yuē hàn John (name)約翰
合约 hé yuē treaty合約
约定 yuē dìng to arrange約定
节约 jiéyuē to economize節約
签约 qiān yuē to sign a contract or agreement簽約
预约 yù yuē booking預約
制约 zhìyuē to restrict制約
约束 yuēshù to restrict約束
条约 tiáoyuē treaty條約
契约 qì yuē agreement契約
特约 tè yuē specially engaged特約
公约 gōng yuē convention (i.e. international agreement)公約
约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn Johnson or Johnston (name)約翰遜
北约 Běi yuē NATO北約
简约 jiǎn yuē sketchy簡約
约瑟夫 Yuē sè fū Joseph (name)約瑟夫
约旦 Yuē dàn Jordan約旦
违约 wéi yuē to break a promise違約
约合 yuē hé approximately約合
隐约 yǐnyuē vague隱約
相约 xiāng yuē to reach agreement相約

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