按计划 (àn jì huá) — according to plan, as planned

Definition

adverb
according to planas planned

Examples

  • 按计划。
    Yí qiè àn jì huá jìn xíng.
    Everything is going according to plan.
  • 按计划。
    Xiàng mù àn jì huá zài yuè dǐ wán chéng.
    The project will be completed as planned by the end of the month.
  • ，按计划。
    Suī rán yù dào le kùn nan, dàn tā men hái shì àn jì huá wán chéng le rèn wu.
    Although they encountered difficulties, they still completed the task according to plan.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
安
安ān按àn
Same sound today

按 has 扌, the hand radical, and 安. The hand part points to an action done with the hand, while 安 supplies the sound and the idea of being at ease, linked to pressing down.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
戈
戈gē划huá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

划 is made of 刀, a knife, and 戈, a weapon. The 戈 part gives the sound.

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