約:joek3
(pos:名詞)
<explanation>
yue:#合約 嘅簡稱（量詞：份）
eng:short form of "contract"
<eg>
yue:#簽約 (cim1 joek3)
eng:to sign a contract
<eg>
yue:我聽日比份約你睇睇。 (ngo5 ting1 jat6 bei2 fan6 joek3 nei5 tai2 tai2.)
eng:I give you the contract tomorrow.
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<explanation>
yue:村落聯盟，通常係地名一部份
eng:a group of villages, usu. a part of the name of a place; "yeuk", a kind of sub-districts in Hong Kong
<eg>
yue:#鄉約 (hoeng1 joek3)
eng:rural alliance
<eg>
yue:荃灣西約 (cyun4 waan1 sai1 joek3)
eng:Tsuen Wan West
<eg>
yue:四環九約 (sei3 waan4 gau2 joek3)
eng:City of Victoria
約:joek3
(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:之前講好咗會見面
eng:to make appointment; to arrange
<eg>
yue:我今日約咗人食飯。 (ngo5 gam1 jat6 joek3 zo2 jan4 sik6 faan6.)
eng:I am going to have dinner with someone today.
<eg>
yue:我今日約咗朋友。 (ngo5 gam1 jat6 joek3 zo2 pang4 jau5.)
eng:I have something to do with my friends today.
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yue:你想約幾點鐘呀？ (nei5 soeng2 joek3 gei2 dim2 zung1 aa3?)
eng:When do you want to meet up?
<eg>
yue:我約咗做facial㗎。 (ngo5 joek3 zo2 zou6 fei1 sou4 gaa3.)
eng:I've booked a facial treatment appointment.
<eg>
yue:我約咗佢五點鐘喺度等。 (ngo5 joek3 zo2 keoi5 ng5 dim2 zung1 hai2 dou6 dang2.)
eng:I have made an appointment to wait for him here at five o'clock.
<eg>
yue:冇約㗎，咁啱撞到咋。 (mou5 joek3 gaa3, gam3 ngaam1 zong6 dou2 zaa3.)
eng:We haven't arranged anything beforehand, we just ran into each other by coincidence.
約:joek3
(pos:副詞)(label:書面語)(sim:大約)(sim:約莫)
<explanation>
yue:#大概；#接近
eng:approximately; about; around
<eg>
zho:約一百人 (joek3 jat1 baak3 jan4)
yue:大約一百人 (daai6 joek3 jat1 baak3 jan4)
eng:approximately one-hundred people
