按 (àn) means According to (push - press - restrain). Below are 24 of the 41 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
一切 按 章程办事。
Yíqiè àn zhāngchéng bànshì.
Everything is done according to the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 章程
请 按 程序办理手续。
Qǐng àn chéngxù bànlǐ shǒuxù.
Please complete the formalities according to procedure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 程序
请 按 字母顺序排列。
Qǐng àn zìmǔ shùnxù páiliè.
Please arrange them in alphabetical order.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 字母
请 按 次序排队上车。
Qǐng àn cìxù páiduì shàng chē.
Please queue up and board in order.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 次序
借的书请 按 时归还。
Jiè de shū qǐng ànshí guīhuán.
Please return borrowed books on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 归还
请你务必 按 时到场。
Qǐng nǐ wùbì ànshí dàochǎng.
Please be sure to arrive on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 务必
这些名字 按 顺序排列。
Zhèxiē míngzi àn shùnxù páiliè.
These names are arranged in order.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 排列
总之我们要 按 时完成。
Zǒngzhī wǒmen yào ànshí wánchéng.
In any case we must finish on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 总之
难度 按 题号依次递增。
Nándù àn tí hào yīcì dìzēng.
The difficulty increases step by step with the question number.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 递增
医生叮嘱他 按 时吃药。
Yīshēng dīngzhǔ tā ànshí chī yào.
The doctor told him repeatedly to take his medicine on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叮嘱
比赛结果 按 名次公布。
Bǐsài jiéguǒ àn míngcì gōngbù.
The results are announced in order of ranking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 名次
他严格 按 照指令操作。
Tā yángé ànzhào zhǐlìng cāozuò.
He operated strictly according to instructions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指令
书 按 大小排列在架子上。
Shū àn dàxiǎo páiliè zài jiàzi shàng.
The books are arranged on the shelf by size.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 排列
请严格 按 照说明书操作。
Qǐng yángé ànzhào shuōmíngshū cāozuò.
Please operate it strictly according to the manual.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操作
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From the graded readers
项目最后 按 时完成了。
xiàngmù zuìhòu àn shí wánchéng le / liǎo / liào.
The project was finished on time in the end.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
From the travel phrasebook
按 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 按
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Questions about 按
How is 按 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 按 (àn, "According to (push - press - restrain)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 按 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 按 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 按?
The dictionary page for 按 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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