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to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve

verbpreposition HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他按了一下,门就开了。

He pressed it once, and the door opened.

请按时交作业。

Please hand in your homework on time.