| 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 |
| 约束 | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint |
| 约法 | yuē fǎ | temporary law; provisional constitution |
| 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 |
| 约旦 | Yuē dàn | Jordan |
| 约翰逊 | Yuē hàn xùn | Johnson or Johnston (name) |
| 约略 | yuē lüè | approximate; rough |
| 约翰 | Yuē hàn | John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) |
| 约数 | yuē shù | divisor (of a number); approximate number |
| 约克 | Yuē kè | York |
| 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 |
| 约旦河 | Yuē dàn hé | Jordan River |
| 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) |
| 约摸 | yuē mo | about; around; approximately; also written 约莫 |
| 约计 | yuē jì | approximate estimate; a rough count |
| 约瑟夫 | Yuē sè fū | Joseph (name) |
| 约伯 | Yuē bó | Job (name); Book of Job in the Old Testament |
| 约伯记 | Yuē bó jì | Book of Job (in the Old Testament) |
| 约但 | Yuē dàn | variant of 约旦, Jordan |
| 约但河 | Yuē dàn hé | variant of 约旦河, Jordan river |
| 约克郡 | Yuē kè jùn | Yorkshire (English region) |
| 约出 | yuē chū | to ask sb out (on a date etc) |
| 约制 | yuē zhì | to bind; to restrict; to constrain |
| 约合 | yuē hé | approximately; about (some numerical value) |
| 约坦 | Yuē tǎn | Jotham (son of Uzziah) |
| 约塔 | yāo tǎ | iota (Greek letter Ιι) |
| 约契 | yuē qì | contract; oath of allegiance |
| 约定俗成 | yuē dìng sú chéng | established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention |
| 约定资讯速率 | yuē dìng zī xùn sù lǜ | committed information rate (Frame Relay); CIR |
| 约拿书 | Yuē ná shū | Book of Jonah |
| 约书亚 | Yuē shū yà | Joshua (name) |
| 约书亚记 | Yuē shū yà jì | Book of Joshua |
| 约会对象 | yuē huì duì xiàng | a partner for dating; a date (i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 约束力 | yuē shù lì | (of a contract) binding (law) |
| 约束条件 | yuē shù tiáo jiàn | restrictive condition; constraint |
| 约根 | Yuē gēn | Jurgen (name) |
| 约柜 | yuē guì | Ark of the Covenant |
| 约沙法 | Yuē shā fǎ | Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism) |
| 约珥书 | Yuē ěr shū | Book of Joel |
| 约瑟 | Yuē sè | Joseph (name) |
| 约瑟夫・斯大林 | Yuē sè fū · Sī dà lín | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator |
| 约略估计 | yuē lüè gū jì | approximate estimate; to reckon roughly |
| 约当现金 | yuē dāng xiàn jīn | cash equivalent (accountancy) |
| 约章 | yuē zhāng | charter |
| 约等于 | yuē děng yú | approximately equal to |
| 约纳 | Yuē nà | Jonah |