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按照 (àn zhào): meaning and stroke order

按照 (àn zhào) means according to; in accordance with; on the basis of.

按照

Simplified
按照
Traditional
按照 (same form)
Pinyin
àn zhào

Stroke order of 按照

按

  • àn to press; to push
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

照

  • zhào variant of 照[zhao4]; to shine
  • zhào according to; in accordance with
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 炤

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 按照

  1. àn zhào
    • according to; in accordance with; on the basis of

Radicals of the characters

按
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 安 on the right
照
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 13 strokes · 昭 on top, 灬 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

按照 in our stories

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  • 他按照行李牌上的电话打过去，一个女人着急地说：“对不起，我拿错了！”

    tā ànzhào xíngli pái shàng de diànhuà dǎ guòqu yí gè nǚrén zháojí de shuō duìbuqǐ wǒ ná cuò le

    He rang the number on the luggage tag, and a woman said anxiously, "I'm so sorry, I took the wrong one!"

    From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4

  • 城里有个算命先生叫袁守诚，算得特别准，渔夫们每天按照他说的方向撒网，总是满载而归。

    chéng lǐ yǒu gè suànmìng xiānsheng jiào Yuán Shǒuchéng suàn de tèbié zhǔn yúfū men měitiān ànzhào tā shuō de fāngxiàng sā wǎng zǒngshì mǎnzài ér guī

    In the city lived a fortune-teller called Yuan Shoucheng whose predictions were remarkably accurate. Every day the fishermen cast their nets where he told them and always came home fully laden.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 这个早市已经有四十年的历史，按照政府的规划，它将被一座五层的停车楼代替。

    zhè gè zǎoshì yǐjīng yǒu sìshí nián de lìshǐ ànzhào zhèngfǔ de guīhuà tā jiāng bèi yí zuò wǔ céng de tíngchēlóu dàitì

    The market was forty years old, and under the government's plan it would be replaced by a five-storey car park.

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 按照

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).