按时
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
按时 (ànshí) · on time
按时 (ànshí) means “on time”. It is written with 2 characters: 按 (to press) + 时 (time). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 按时 is built
The characters
按 àn · to press
What 按 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 安ān — peaceful
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 女nǚ — woman
- 宀 — roof
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 安 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请按时吃药。Qǐng ànshí chī yào.Please take your medicine on time.
你每天按时起床吗？Nǐ měitiān ànshí qǐchuáng ma?Do you get up on time every day?
Questions about 按时
What does 按时 mean?
按时 (ànshí) means “on time”.
How do you pronounce 按时?
按时 is pronounced ànshí.
Which HSK level is 按时?
按时 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 按照ànzhàoaccording to
- 按摩ànmómassage
- 按ànto press
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
Learn 按时 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 9: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.