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àn

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àn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
àn | an4
English translation
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
to check, to control, to push, to restrain

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About àn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

àn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of àn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌安

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Ān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Ān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using àn

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shuì shí yòu dǎo 下去 xià qù , 两手 àn yǎn , 胸脯 xiōng pú sǒng 一耸 de .

She then fell back down, put her hands over her eyes, and heaved with sobs.

按照 ànzhào 聘约 yāo zài 这里 zhè lǐ Jiào 一年 Shū .

I'm under contract to teach here for one year.

xiàn jiāng gāi de àn gāi jià 出售 chū shòu ,任何人 jiē 购买 gòu mǎi .

The land is now for sale at that price to anyone.

土星 Tǔ xīng 火箭 huǒjiàn de Sān jiē , měi jiē dōu 按时 ànshí 发动 fādòng le .

Each of the Saturn's three stages was fired on schedule.

图为8 suì de 春瑞霞 zhāo 接受 jiēshòu 护士 hùshi de 按摩 ànmó .

Left , ChunRuiXia , 8 , cried as a nurse massaged her amputated leg.

Words with àn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
àn to press àn
按照 ànzhào according to按照 ànzhào
按摩 ànmó massage按摩 ànmó
按钮 àn niǔ push button按鈕
按时 ànshí on time按時
按键 àn jiàn keystroke按鍵
按揭 àn jiē a mortgage按揭 àn jiē
按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)按部就班 àn bù jiù bān
按下 àn xià to press down按下 àn xià
按期 àn qī on schedule按期 àn qī
按压 àn yā to press按壓
按理说 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...按理說
编者按 biān zhě àn editor's commentary編者按
按兵不动 àn bīng bù dòng to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time按兵不動
按说 àn shuō ordinarily按說
按劳分配 àn láo fēn pèi distribution according to work按勞分配
按捺不住 àn nà bu zhù to be unable to hold back按捺不住 àn nà bu zhù
按理 àn lǐ normally按理 àn lǐ
按捺 àn nà to restrain按捺 àn nà
按语 àn yǔ note按語

àn Decomposition & Compounds

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àn Decomposition

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