DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

略

Mandarin · pinyin lüè

brief; sketchy
outline; summary
to omit
(bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
plan; strategy
to capture (territory)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

略: lüè · approximately, roughly; outline

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4 · lu:e4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link10same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

略 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

loek6

Cantonese word readings for 略. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to draw boundaries; to outline; to trace out
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) boundary; outline; border
plan; strategy; summary; outline
brief; abbreviated
to omit; to leave out
slightly; marginally
approximately; roughly
to plunder; to pillage
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sharp; keen (Shi)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack