按时按時 ànshí — on time, on schedule
ànshí (fourth tone, falling)an4shi2
Traditional: 按時
on time, on schedule
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)adverb
Meanings
on time, on schedule
按, the same "according to" as in 按照, held to a single measure — 时, time. It sits before the verb it governs: 按时到, 按时吃药, doing the thing exactly when the clock or the schedule says to, neither early nor late.
adverb
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 医生让他按时吃药。醫生讓他按時吃藥。Yīshēng (first tone, high and level) ràng (fourth tone, falling) tā (first tone, high and level) ànshí (fourth tone, falling) chī (first tone, high and level) yào. (fourth tone, falling)···
The doctor told him to take his medicine on time.
- 这次他按时到了，没有迟到。這次他按時到了，沒有遲到。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling) tā (first tone, high and level) ànshí (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling) le, (neutral tone) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) chídào. (second tone, rising)···
This time he arrived on time — he wasn’t late.