HSK 4 · Function Words

按照 ànzhào “according to” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 按照 means

  1. according to
  2. in accordance with
  3. on the basis of

How to say 按照

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale按àn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale照zhào4th tone, falling

按照 in a sentence

  1. 老师按照身高给孩子们排队。

    Lǎoshī ànzhào shēngāo gěi háizimen páiduì.

    The teacher lined the children up by height.

    Sentence #1424137 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果你不按照安全手续来的话，你可能会受伤的。

    Rúguǒ nǐ bú ànzhào ānquán shǒuxù lái dehuà, nǐ kěnéng huì shòushāng de.

    If you don’t follow the safety procedures, you could get hurt.

    Sentence #334299 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我觉得我是按照你说的做的。

    Wǒ juéde wǒ shì ànzhào nǐ shuō de zuò de.

    I thought I was doing it the way you said.

    Sentence #2078413 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 按照 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 按 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
按ànto press
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 安peaceful · ānSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 安 (ān) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

The character 照 (zhào) with each of its parts in a different colour
照zhàoto shine
  • 昭bright · zhāoSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 昭 (zhāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhào.

Memory aidFire 灬 under 昭 (zhāo) “bright”: to shine, to light up, and also a photo.

How to write 按照

按 9 strokes · 照 13 strokes

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按照 (ànzhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 按照 (ànzhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 按照

Words with 按

按àn · to press按时ànshí · on time按摩ànmó · massage

Words with 照

照顾zhàogu · take care of护照hùzhào · passport照片zhàopiàn · picture拍照pāizhào · to take a photo照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera照zhào · to shine执照zhízhào · licence照常zhàocháng · as usual参照cānzhào · to refer to

More words: Particles & Connectors

才cái · ability只zhǐ · only地de · particle used after a description按时ànshí · on time倍bèi · times并且bìngqiě · and比如bǐrú · for example不得不bùdébù · have no choice or option but to

FAQs

按照 (ànzhào) means “according to” or “in accordance with”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it ànzhào: àn with a 4th tone, then zhào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 按照 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anzhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 按照 from the suggestions. Typing anzhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
按照 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.