约
Meaning
- to make an appointment
- to invite
- approximately
Example sentence
我要预约。
I'd like to make a reservation.
The character 约
约 is 纟, silk, beside 勺: binding by agreement. 约会 a date, 约好 to fix something up, 节约 to be sparing — and 大约 is approximately, a binding loose enough to leave slack.