Chinese symbol for “stipulation”
约定
yuē dìng
Traditional: 約定
to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stipulation is 约定 (yuē dìng), defined as: to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stipulation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 约定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 合约 (合約) | hé yuē | contract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 公约 (公約) | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 约束 (約束) | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stipulation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.