| àn | to press (with the hand)/to push/to control/to restrain/to check/pressing down (brush movement in painting)/according to/in the light of |
| 按 | to press to push to leave aside or shelve |
| 按下 | to press down to press a button |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 按件计工 | reckon by the piece |
| 按位光存存储器 | [Computer] a bib-by-bit optical memory |
| 按位开关 | [Computer] a bit switch |
| 按位编码 | [Computer] encoding by bit |
| 按位表示 | [Computer] positional representation |
| 按住 | pin |
| 按例 | By habit, according to usage. |
| 按兵不动 | to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time |
| 按劳分配 | distribution according to work |
| 按压 | to press to push (a button) |
| 按周 | weekly |
| 按图索骥 | lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) to do things along rigid, conventional lines to try and find smth with the help of a clue |
| 按块分配 | block allocation |
| 按天 | daily (law) per diem |
| 按季 | according to season quarterly |
| 按察 | to investigate (old) |
| 按年摊付 | yearly installments |