約略

See also: 约略

Chinese

		appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh	plan; strategy; outline plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize
trad. (約略)		約	略
simp. (约略)		约	略

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuēlüè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄌㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ loek⁶ / joek³ loek^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iok-lio̍k / iak-lia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuēlüè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄌㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuelyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh¹-lüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywē-lywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iueliueh
    • Palladius: юэлюэ (jueljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ loek⁶ / joek³ loek^6-2
    • Yale: yeuk leuhk / yeuk léuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ loek⁹ / joek⁸ loek^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ lêg⁶ / yêg³ lêg^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ lœːk̚²/, /jœːk̚³ lœːk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iok-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iokliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iak-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iakliak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚³²⁻⁵ liak̚¹²¹/

Adjective

約略

1. approximate; rough
2. vague; dim; faint

Synonyms

• (approximate): (attributive) 大致 (dàzhì)
• (vague):

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• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 依稀 (yīxī)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 含糊
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 模稜／模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)
• 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

 

Adverb

約略

1. roughly; approximately; about
2. slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

• (roughly):

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• 上下 (shàngxià)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
• 參差／参差 (cēncī) (literary)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
• 大約／大约 (dàyuē)
• 大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 大致 (dàzhì)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 模樣／模样
• 無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
• 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)

 

• (slightly):

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• 一些 (yīxiē)
• 多少 (duōshǎo)
• 小可 (Hokkien)
• 小可仔 (Hokkien)
• 微微仔 (Hokkien)
• 拉圇／拉囵 (Hokkien)
• 普二略 (Hokkien)
• 普其略 (Hokkien)
• 普普仔 (Hokkien)
• 有些 (yǒuxiē)
• 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
• 略仔 (Hokkien)
• 略微 (lüèwēi)
• 略為／略为 (lüèwéi)
• 略略 (lüèlüè)
• 略略仔 (Hokkien)
• 稍
• 稍微 (shāowēi)
• 稍為／稍为 (shāowéi)
• 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
• 粗粗 (Hakka)
• 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
• 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頗略仔／颇略仔 (Hokkien)
• 麻微 (Hokkien)
• 麻文 (Hokkien)