按照 (àn zhào) means “according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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按照规定,我们不能迟到。
Ànzhào guīdìng, wǒmen bù néng chídào.
According to regulations, we cannot be late.
Updated: 2026-05-27