邀約

Chinese

		invite to come	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (邀約)		邀	約
simp. (邀约)		邀	约

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāoyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ joek³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-iok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyue
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-yüeh¹
  - Yale: yāu-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauiue
  - Palladius: яоюэ (jaojue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹ joek³
  - Yale: yīu yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-iok
  - Tâi-lô: iau-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iau'iog
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚³²/

Verb

邀約

(literary) to invite

Synonyms

有請 / 有请 (yǒuqǐng) (polite)
相邀 (xiāngyāo) (formal)
約請 / 约请 (yuēqǐng)
請 / 请
邀 (yāo)
邀請 / 邀请 (yāoqǐng)

References

“邀約”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“邀約”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.