按 àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 安 peaceful, tranquil, quiet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
按说
ànshuō
it stands to reason; normally speaking
Characters in this word
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 按说这个问题早该解决，可部门之间相互推诿，拖了半年仍无进展。 Ànshuō zhège wèntí zǎo gāi jiějué, kě bùmén zhījiān xiānghù tuīwěi, tuō le bànnián réng wú jìnzhǎn. It stands to reason that this problem should have been solved long ago, but departments shifted responsibility among themselves and dragged it out for half a year with no progress.
- 按说他该来了，可是到现在还没见人影。 Ànshuō tā gāi lái le, kěshì dào xiànzài hái méi jiàn rényǐng. He ought to have come by now, but there is still no sign of him.
- 按说这么大的雨，比赛应该取消，可是大家还是来了。 Ànshuō zhème dà de yǔ, bǐsài yīnggāi qǔxiāo, kěshì dàjiā háishi lái le. Normally a downpour this heavy would cancel the match, yet everybody came anyway.
Related words
- 按 àn to press
- 按照 ànzhào according to
- 按时 ànshí on time
- 按摩 ànmó massage; to massage
- 按理 ànlǐ according to reason; normally; in principle
- 按钮 ànniǔ button
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel