按时 ànshí on time
on time; on schedule
How to remember 按时: 按 press + 时 time = on time.
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How it is used
- On time / on schedule (as appointed) - 按时吃药 (ànshí chī yào) take medicine on schedule; 按时完成 finish on time.
- 按 (according to) + 时 (time); doing something at the prescribed time.
- Contrast 准时 (zhǔnshí) 'punctual (exactly at the moment)' and 及时 (jíshí) 'in time (not too late)'; 按时 stresses following the set schedule.
Example sentences
- 我按时到了学校。 Wǒ ànshí dào le xuéxiào.I arrived at school on time.
- 不管你选哪条路，你都能按时到那里。 Bùguǎn nǐ xuǎn nǎtiáo lù, nǐ dōu néng ànshí dào nàlǐ.Whichever route you take, you will get there in time.
- 医生叮嘱病人按时吃药。 Yīshēng dīng zhǔ bìngrén ànshí chīyào.The doctor urged the patient repeatedly to take the medicine at the times indicated.