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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

按 [àn]

1. verb [用手压] press

按电钮

press a button

按门铃

push a doorbell

按手印

make a fingerprint
2. verb [人] push … down

他把小偷按倒在地。

He pushed the thief to the ground.
3. verb [搁下] shelve

按下此事不说

put the matter aside
4. verb [抑制] restrain

按不住心头怒火

be unable to restrain one's fury
5. preposition [依照] according to

按制度办事

do things by the book

按质定价

price on the basis of quality

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

按 [àn]

1. verb press; push down; hoot; click

把他按倒在地

push him down on the ground

按手印

put one's fingerprint on (a document, etc.)

按门铃

ring a doorbell

按电钮

press (or push) a button
2. verb leave aside; shelve

按下此事不提

leave this aside for the moment
3. verb restrain; control

按不住心头怒火

be unable to restrain (or control) one's anger
4. verb keep one's hand on; keep a tight grip on

按住操纵杆

keep a tight grip on the control lever
5. verb [Literary] check; refer to; by

有原文可按。

There's the original to refer to.
6. preposition according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of

按年顺序排列

arrange in chronological order

按比例发展

develop in proportion; proportional development
7. noun (of an editor or author) make a comment

编者按

editor's note

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

按 [àn]

1. 动用手或手指压或摁

按手印

按电钮

按下葫芦浮起瓢。
2. 动压；抑制；止住

按压

按捺

按兵不动。
3. 动 [文] 考察；审查

有遗迹可按

按诸史实。
4. 动加按语

编者按

引者按。
5. 介依照；依据

按月考核

按理说

按日产五辆计算。

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Examples

按电钮: press (or push) a button
按不住心头怒火: be unable to restrain (or control) one's anger
按比例发展: develop in proportion; proportional development
按成分配红利: distribute the bonuses proportionately
按百分比计算: in terms of percentage
按原则办事: act according to principles
这个词不能按本义去理解。: This word should not be taken in its literal sense.; 283 more results

Character Decomposition

扌 [shǒu]	+	安 [ān]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 9

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按, 按照 and 依照

按, 按照 and 依照
àn, ànzhào and yīzhào

All three prepositions mean “to take something as evidence or proof" and sometimes are interchangeable.
(1) 按（按照/依照）上级的指示，这件事由他来完成。
(2) 是不是所有的事情一定要按（按照/依照）规定来做？

Although the three words are interchangeable in these two examples, 按 and 按照 stress doing something under a certain condition while 依照 stresses that an action is not without reason and gives the statement a more formal connotation.

In the following more colloquial examples, 按 is usually used to mean "under a certain condition". 按照 can also be used in some cases.
(3) 请按要求完成这些事。
(4) 按（按照）他的说法，我们应该明天早上出发。

按 is often replaced by 按着, 按……说, 按……讲.
(5) 他按着（按照）地图的指示，顺利找到了这里。
(6) 按理说，他不应该这时候回来。

A personal pronoun can be inserted before 说 or 讲.
(7) 按我说，我们还是走吧。
(8) 按你这么讲，这题目是错的？

按 can be used with monosyllabic words but 按照 and 依照 cannot, e.g. 按日计算, 按人分配, etc.

Since 依照 stresses an act in accordance with rules and regulations, it is usually used in legal sentences. For example:
(9) 依照相关法律规定，这种行为应该受到处罚。
(10) 这事必须依照相关规定来办。

这里主要谈这三个词作为介词时的异同。三个介词都表示以某一事物作为言论行为的凭据、根据。有时可以互换。
上面两句，虽然可以互换，但是“按”和“按照”侧重凭某条件，“依照”则侧重于有根据，更加正式和书面化。
下面这种口语中表示一般凭借条件的，一般用“按”，有时可用“按照”。
“按”还常说“按着”、“按……说”、“按……讲”。
“按”还可以加人称代词再加“说”或“讲”。
“按”可以与单音节词搭配，如“按日计算”、“按人分配”等，“按照”、“依照”则不行。
“依照”由于强调根据性，有照办的意思，下面涉及法律的句子一般用“依照”。