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按

àn

HSK 4 Character

What 按 means

1. to press
2. to push
3. to leave aside or shelve
4. to control
5. to restrain
6. to keep one's hand on
7. to check or refer to
8. according to
9. in the light of
10. (of an editor or author) to make a comment

Example sentences

• 按两下铃。
  àn liǎngxià líng.
  Press the bell twice.
• 按住痛处。
  àn zhù tòngchù.
  Rub salt in the wound.
• 按下按钮。
  Press the button.
• 按任何键。
  Press any key.
• 她按了开关。
  She pressed the switch.
• 她是按摩师。
  She works as a massage therapist.

Words starting with 按

• 按照àn zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; on the basis of
• 按时àn shíon time; before deadline; on schedule
• 按摩àn mómassage; to massage
• 按钮àn niǔto push a button; button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
• 按下àn xiàto press down; to press a button
• 按说àn shuōin the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
• 按揭àn jiēa mortgage (loanword via Cantonese); to buy property on a mortgage
• 按捺àn nàto restrain; to control
• 按键àn jiànbutton or key (on a device); keystroke; to press a button
• 按理说àn lǐ shuōit is reasonable to say that...
• 按部就班àn bù jiù bān(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
• 按期àn qīon schedule; on time
• 按理àn lǐaccording to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
• 按天àn tiāndaily (law); per diem
• 按日àn rìdaily (law); per diem
• 按月àn yuèmonthly; per mensem
• 按立àn lìordination
• 按语àn yǔnote; comment
• 按需àn xūon demand; according to demand
• 按时间先后àn shí jiān xiān hòuchronological
• 按需分配àn xū fēn pèidistribution according to need
• 按察àn cháto investigate (old)
• 按需出版àn xū chū bǎnpublishing on demand
• 按赞àn zàn(Taiwan) to like (on social media)

Words containing 按

• 编者按biān zhě àneditor's commentary
• 长按cháng ànto long press (a button)
• 点按diǎn àn(computing) to tap (on a touchscreen); to click (with a mouse)…
• 止闹按钮zhǐ nào àn niǔsnooze button
• 牛不喝水强按头niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóulit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)…
• 牛不喝水难按角niú bù hē shuǐ nán àn jiǎo(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink

Characters built on 安

These share the phonetic component 安 (ān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 氨ānammonia
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 铵ǎnammonium
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn

Characters that look like 按

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn

Sounds the same

Read àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 案(legal) case; incident; record
• 暗dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 岸bank; shore; beach; coast
• 黯(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy
• 胺(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 犴used in 狴犴
• 豻jail