按 àn

1. àn verb to press; to push
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '按' v 1; Kroll 2015 '按' 1; Mathews 1931 '按' p. 5; Unihan '按')
2. àn verb according to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 按照 (Guoyu '按' v 3; Kroll 2015 '按' 2a; Mathews 1931 '按' p. 5)
3. àn proper noun An
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '按' n 2)
4. àn verb to inspect; to examine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 考察 (Guoyu '按' 6; Kroll 2015 '按' 1a; Mathews 1931 '按' p. 5)
5. àn verb to control; to repress; to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 抑止 (Guoyu '按' v 2; Kroll 2015 '按' 1b; Mathews 1931 '按' p. 5)
6. àn verb to lean on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 扶 (Guoyu '按' v 4; Kroll 2015 '按' 2)
7. àn verb to patrol
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 巡行 (Guoyu '按' v 5)
8. àn verb to play
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A musical instrument, in the sense of 弹奏 (Guoyu '按' v 7)

Contained in

• 按缰(按韁) rein back a horse
• 按本分 to mind your own business
• 按板 to tune; to push keys
• 按月 monthly
• 按数(按數) proportionately [by number]
• 按立礼(按立禮) ordination
• 按理说(按理說) it is reasonable to say that...
• 按规定(按規定) according to regulation
• 按摩棒 vibrator; dildo
• 按捺不住 to be unable to hold back
• 按兵不举(按兵不舉) to hold back the troops and stay put
• 按月输流(按月輸流) monthly rotation
• 按部就班 to work according to order; be well behaved
• 按立 ordination
• 按理 according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
• 按码索字(按碼索字) lookup characters according to numbers
• 按图索骥(按圖索驥) search for a horse using a picture; search based on clues
• 按诊(按診) palpation (as a method of examination)
• 按质定价(按質定價) to fix a price based on quality
• 按时(按時) on time; before deadline; on schedule
• 按时间先后(按時間先後) chronological
• 按月支取 to pay monthly [in advance]
• 检按(檢按) to investigate
• 按揭 mortgage
• 止闹按钮(止鬧按鈕) snooze button
• 按捺 to restrain; to control
• 按劳分配(按勞分配) distribution according to work
• 编者按(編者按) editor's note
• 按法 according to law
• 按户派丁(按戶派丁) recruit troops based on the number of people in the household
• 按键音(按鍵音) keypad tone; key tone
• 按着(按著) according to
• 按蚊 anopheles; malarial mosquito
• 按日 daily ; per diem
• 按期 on schedule; on time; according to schedule
• 按察 to investigate; to inspect
• 按天 daily (law); per diem
• 按照法律 according to the law
• 按照 according to
• 按点(按點) evaluate one by one
• 按畝抽捐 extract tax according to land area
• 按问(按問) to examine [a case]
• 按时候(按時候) according to the time; according to the season
• 按止 to stop
• 按步就班 follow the prescribed order; keep to conventional ways
• 按脉(按脈) to feel the pulse; to take somebody's pulse
• 按照字面 literally
• 按摩 to massage
• 按季 according to season; quarterly
• 按值 proportional to the value

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按察司

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 104
• 第二十二 郡國四 青州 荊州 揚州 Volume 112: Commanderies and States Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 103
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 78
• 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 75
• 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 67
• 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 67
• 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 57
• 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 55
• 第四 禮儀上 合朔 立春 五供 上陵 冠 夕牲 耕 高禖 養老 先蠶 祓禊 Volume 94: Etiquette Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 54
• 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 51

Collocations

• 按道 (按道) 為按道侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei — count: 6
• 今按 (今按) 今按經 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷一 楚莊王第一 玉杯第二　Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 按经 (按經) 今按經 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷一 楚莊王第一 玉杯第二　Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 按景祐 (按景祐) 按景祐 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 3
• 按春秋 (按春秋) 故按春秋而適往事 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷二 竹林第三　Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 遂按 (遂按) 遂按其前事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏其武安侯列傳》 Biographies of the Marquis of Weiqi and the Marquis of Wu'an — count: 3
• 关按 (關按) 七三九頁四行臧宮等入箕關按 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 2
• 按行 (按行) 各按行伍 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 2
• 按部 (按部) 敕諸營皆按部毋得動 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 — count: 2
• 按章 (按章) 舉劾按章 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十九 百官公卿表 Volume 19: Table of nobility ranks and government offices — count: 2