負約

Chinese

		lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (負約)		負	約
simp. (负约)		负	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ joek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hù-iok / hū-iok / hū-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùyue
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: fù-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhiue
    • Palladius: фуюэ (fujue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ joek³
    • Yale: fuh yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² jœːk̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 負約 / 负约 赴約 / 赴约

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù-iok
    • Tâi-lô: hù-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-iok
    • Tâi-lô: hū-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-iak
    • Tâi-lô: hū-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxiag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ iak̚³²/

Verb

負約

1. to break a promise; to go back on one's word
2. to fail to keep an appointment