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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
HSK 3
on time / before deadline / on schedule
HSK 4
massage / to massage
HSK 5
it is reasonable to say that...
HSK 7-9
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL: 個|个 / to press a button
HSK 7-9
distribution according to need
to restrain / to control
to press / to push (a button)
to press down / to press a button
editor's commentary
masseur; massage therapist
(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
note / comment
distribution according to work
to investigate (old)
on schedule / on time
chronological
snap fastener
according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
to feel (take) the pulse
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
to give sb a thumbs-up (on social media)
publishing on demand
a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage
variant of 按捺
to fix a price based on quality (idiom)
anopheles / malarial mosquito
vibrator; dildo
on demand; according to demand
daily (law) / per diem
to long press (a button)
jacuzzi; whirlpool tub
according to season / quarterly
ordination
according to regulation
(old) massage
daily (law) / per diem
ordination
keypad tone / key tone
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
to be unable to hold back
monthly / per mensem
variant of 按部就班
palpation (as a method of examination)
to push a button / button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
snooze button
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
(computing) to tap (on a touchscreen); to click (with a mouse) / (massage) to apply focused pressure to specific points on the body


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