约（約）yuē
Ⅰ ❶ （提出或商量） make an appointment; arrange: 我们和他 ～ 好一点钟在旅馆碰头。 We arranged with him to meet at the hotel at one o'clock. 我想跟王经理 ～ 个时间谈谈。 I'd like to make an appointment with Mr. Wang, the manager. 我 ～ 定星期二上午在我办公室见他。 I have made an appointment to see him in my office on Tuesday morning.
❷ （邀请） ask or invite in advance: 请 ～ 他来。 Please ask him to come. 他常 ～ 她出去。He often asked her out. 我已 ～ 了王同志。 I've invited Comrade Wang.
❸ （拘束） restrict; restrain: ～ 束 restrain; bind
❹ {数} （约分） reduce: 5/10可以 ～ 成1/2。Five over ten can be reduced to one over two. Ⅱ ❶ （约定的事） pact; agreement; appointment: 践 ～ keep an appointment; 立 ～ make a pact; come to an agreement; 商 ～ commercial treaty; 你可不能失 ～。 You mustn't break the appointment.
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 续 Yue Xu Ⅲ ❶ （俭省） economical; frugal: 节 ～ economize; 自奉甚 ～ live economically; lead a frugal life
❷ (简单； 简要) simple; brief: ～ 言之 in brief; in a word
❸ （模糊） indistinct: 隐 ～ indistinct; faint Ⅳ （大概） about; around; approximately: ～ 50人 about fifty people; ～ 一个月 about a month
另见 see also yāo。
◆约旦 Jordan; 约定 agree on; appoint; arrange; convention; 约定价格 strike price; 约定俗成 established by the people through long social practice; accepted due to customs; established by usage; the common run of mankind; 约法 provisional consitution; 约法三章 draw up three chapters of law; agree on a three-point law — make a few simple rules to be observed by all concerned; simple agreement with the people by a new government; three-point covenant; 约分 {数} reduction of a fraction; 约稿 make an arrangement in advance with sb. for his contribution; 约化 reduction; simplification; idealization; 约会 appointment; engagement; date; 约见 make an appointment to meet; 约略 rough; approximate; 约莫 about; roughly; or so; 约期 date of appointment; fix a date; appoint a time; 约请 invite; ask; 约束 keep within bounds; restrain; bind; bound; boundage;tie; restraint; restriction; engagement; repress; constraint; 约数 approximate number; {数} divisor; submultiple; 约同 [书] invite sb. and go together with him; 约文 text (of a treaty or contract); 约言 promise; word; pledge