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Button or key (on a device) in Chinese: 按键 (àn jiàn)

àn jiàn

button or key (on a device)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 按鍵1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1button or key (on a device)
  2. 2keystroke
  3. 3to press a button

Stroke order

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ㄢˋ

àn

ㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄢˋ

jiàn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

按键

Simplified

按鍵

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请按下这个按键开机。

    qǐng àn xià zhè ge àn jiàn kāi jī。

    Please press this button to turn it on.

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Related words

按

àn

to press

键

jiàn

key (on a piano or computer keyboard)

按时

àn shí

on time

按照

àn zhào

according to

关键

guān jiàn

crucial point

键盘

jiàn pán

keyboard

按摩

àn mó

massage

按说

àn shuō

in the ordinary course of events

按理说

àn lǐ shuō

it is reasonable to say that...

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