| 约 | yāo | to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 约 | yuē | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately; about |
| 节约 | jié yuē | to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal |
| 约束 | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint |
| 约法 | yuē fǎ | temporary law; provisional constitution |
| 纽约 | Niǔ Yuē | New York |
| 和约 | hé yuē | peace treaty |
| 约定 | 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 |
| 约分 | yuē fēn | reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths); to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator |
| 集约 | jí yuē | intensive |
| 约旦 | Yuē dàn | Jordan |
| 约翰逊 | Yuē hàn xùn | Johnson or Johnston (name) |
| 隐约 | yǐn yuē | vague; faint; indistinct |
| 不平等条约 | bù píng děng tiáo yuē | unequal treaty |
| 缔约 | dì yuē | to conclude a treaty |
| 公约数 | gōng yuē shù | common factor; common divisor |
| 约略 | yuē lüè | approximate; rough |
| 缔约国 | dì yuē guó | signatory states; countries that are party to a treaty |
| 盟约 | méng yuē | contract of alliance; oath or treaty between allies |
| 协约国 | xié yuē guó | Allies; entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1) |
| 约翰 | Yuē hàn | John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) |
| 约数 | yuē shù | divisor (of a number); approximate number |
| 婚约 | hūn yuē | engagement; wedding contract |
| 约克 | Yuē kè | York |
| 规约 | guī yuē | terms (of an agreement) |
| 预约 | yù yuē | reservation; reserve |
| 租约 | zū yuē | lease |
| 相约 | xiāng yuē | to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment |
| 商约 | shāng yuē | trade treaty |
| 约法三章 | yuē fǎ sān zhāng | to agree on three laws (idiom); provisional agreement made by new dynastic government with the people |
| 约莫 | yuē mo | about; around; approximately |
| 沈约 | 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 宋书 |
| 约旦河 | Yuē dàn hé | Jordan River |
| 里约热内卢 | Lǐ yuē rè nèi lú | Rio de Janeiro |
| 约会 | yuē huì | appointment; engagement; date; CL:次,个; to arrange to meet |
| 约同 | yuē tóng | to promise to accompany; an appointment (to go together with sb) |
| 马关条约 | Mǎ guān tiáo yuē | Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) that concluded the first Sino-Japanese war |
| 不约而同 | bù yuē ér tóng | to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation |
| 约摸 | yuē mo | about; around; approximately; also written 约莫 |
| 约计 | yuē jì | approximate estimate; a rough count |
| 隐隐约约 | yǐn yǐn yuē yuē | faint; distant; barely audible |
| 特约 | tè yuē | specially engaged; employed or commissioned for a special task |
| 约瑟夫 | Yuē sè fū | Joseph (name) |
| 公约 | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 制约 | zhì yuē | to restrict; condition |
| 失约 | shī yuē | to miss an appointment |
| 条约 | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact; CL:个 |
| 不受约束 | bù shòu yuē shù | unrestricted |
| 不可通约 | bù kě tōng yuē | having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate |