按
àn HSK3

press, push

按 àn
to press verb
to press; to push down with the hand or a finger

我把他按在墙上。

wǒ bǎ tā àn zài qiáng shang.

I pinned him against the wall.

according to preposition
according to; in accordance with; in the light of

一切都在按计划进行。

yī​qiè dōu zài àn jì​huà jìn​xíng.

Everything is going according to plan.

我没有按他们说的做。

wǒ méi​yǒu àn tā​men shuō de zuò.

I didn't do what they said.

to control
to control; to restrain; to stop; to keep one's hand on something
to set aside
to leave aside; to shelve; to put something on hold
note
an editor's or author's note; a comment or notation added after research or investigation
to check
(literary) to check; to refer to; to examine or investigate
surname
a Chinese surname
to patrol
(literary) to patrol; to tour
to play
(literary) to play a stringed instrument; to strum

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
573rd most common 361.7 per million
Movie subtitles
838th most common 145.8 per million appears in 52% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
111.8 per million appears in 36% of films
Written text
231.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6309

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)