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约定

yuē dìng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 約定

约定 (yuē dìng) means "to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 约定 means

1. to agree on sth (after discussion)
2. to conclude a bargain
3. to arrange
4. to promise
5. to stipulate
6. to make an appointment
7. stipulated (time, amount, quality etc)
8. an arrangement
9. a deal
10. appointment
11. undertaking
12. commitment
13. understanding
14. engagement
15. stipulation

The characters in 约定

• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 当我忘记约定时，他十分愤怒。
  Dāng wǒ wàngjì yuēdìng shí, tā shífēn fènnù.
  When I forgot my promise, he got really angry.

Words starting with 约定

• 约定俗成yuē dìng sú chéngestablished by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention
• 约定资讯速率yuē dìng zī xùn sù lǜcommitted information rate (Frame Relay); CIR

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