He took it literally.
CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #354503 (plover) & #785144 (Martha) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR
按照
àn zhào
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 4
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
àn zhào · on3 ziu3 (Jyutping)
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
按
- Meaning
- put hand on, press down with hand
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰扌安
- Cangjie
- QJV
- Four-corner
- 5304.4
照
- Meaning
- shine, illumine, reflect
- Radical
- 灬
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- ⿱昭灬
- Cangjie
- ARF
- Four-corner
- 6733.6
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
The teacher lined the children up in order of height.
CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #272935 (CK) & #1424137 (sadhen) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR