约約 in English
- to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 約, the traditional character: 约 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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1497年，约翰卡博特前往加拿大探险。
In 1497, John Cabot explored Canada.
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1978年中国和日本签署了和平条约。
In 1978 a peace treaty was concluded between Japan and China.
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Mick等待约会的时候靠读杂志打发时间。
Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.
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一英里大约是1600米。
A mile is equal to about 1,600 meters.
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为了她的重要约会，她精心打扮了一下。
She got all dolled up for her big date.
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从华盛顿乘火车可以到纽约。
New York is accessible by train from Washington.
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他们约了七点在这儿碰头。
They planned to get together here at 7 o'clock.
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他到了最后的一刻才取消了约会。
He canceled the appointment at the last moment.