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按时

àn shí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 按時

按时 (àn shí) means "on time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 按时 means

1. on time
2. before deadline
3. on schedule

The characters in 按时

• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 我按时到了学校。
  I arrived at school on time.
• 她会尽量按时赶来的。
  Tā huì jǐnliàng ànshí gǎnlái de.
  She will do her best to be here on time.
• 有时候火车没能按时到达。
  Yǒushíhou huǒchē méi néng ànshí dàodá.
  At times the train doesn't arrive on time.
• 汤姆努力工作按时完成工作。
  Tom worked hard to get the work done on time.
• 每天早上我都要靠闹钟来按时叫醒我。
  Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu yào kào nàozhōng lái ànshí jiàoxǐng wǒ.
  I depend on the alarm clock to wake up on time every morning.
• 不管你选哪条路，你都能按时到那里。
  Whichever route you take, you will get there in time.

Words starting with 按时

• 按时间先后àn shí jiān xiān hòuchronological

Where 按时 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time adverbs & temporal expressions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read àn shí correctly.
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