约会

• 拼音: yuē huì
• 汉字拆解: 约 = 纟(thread) + 勺 (spoon/phonetic), to bind an agreement; 会 = 人 (person) + 云 (speak), to meet/gather

含义

A date; an appointment. To arrange to meet someone at a specific time and place; the meeting itself.

Can refer to romantic dates as well as casual social appointments or business meetings. 约会 as a verb means to arrange a meeting; as a noun it refers to the date or appointment itself. 赴约 means to keep an appointment, and 爽约 means to break one.

例句

1. 他和女朋友约好了周末去看演唱会，这是他们难忘的一次约会。
2. 我今天下午有个重要的商务约会，下班后直接去见对方了。
3. 她精心打扮了一番，准备去赴今晚和老朋友的约会。

用法指南

语境: social, romantic, business

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我们明天下午两点有个约会，别忘了。(We have an appointment tomorrow afternoon at two — don't forget.)
• 他取消了今天的约会，因为临时有急事要处理。(He cancelled today's date because something urgent came up unexpectedly.)

错误说法

• 在非常正式的商务场合用'约会'代替'会议'或'约见' (Avoid using 约会 in very formal business settings to describe official meetings — 约会 can have romantic connotations; use 会议 or 约见 for formal professional appointments)

起源与历史

A compound of 约 (to agree/make an appointment; 纟thread + 勺 spoon, originally suggesting binding an agreement) and 会 (to meet/gathering; 人 person + 云 speak). Together they mean to fix a time to meet.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal