约 [yuē]

• 动词
  • （提出或商量） make an appointment; arrange:

    We arranged with him to meet at the hotel at one o'clock.

    我们和他约好1点钟在旅馆碰头。

    I'd like to make an appointment with Mr. Wang, the manager.

    我想跟王经理约个时间谈谈。

  • （邀请） ask or invite in advance:

    Please ask him to come.

    请约他来。

    He often asked her out.

    他常约她出去。

  • （拘束） restrict; restrain:

    restrain;bind

    约束

  • {数} （约分） reduce:

    Five over ten can be reduced to one over two.

    5/10可以约成1/2。

• 名词
  • （约定的事） pact; agreement; appointment:

    keep an appointment;

    践约

    make a pact; come to an agreement;

    立约

  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Yue Xu

    约续

• 形容词
  • （俭省） economical; frugal:

    economize;

    节约

    live economically; lead a frugal life

    自奉甚约

  • （简单; 简要） simple; brief:

    in brief; in a word

    约言之

  • （模糊） indistinct:

    indistinct; faint

    隐约

• 副词
  • （大概） about; around; approximately:
  • （大概） about; around; approximately:

    about fifty people;

    约50人

    about a month

    约1个月