According to a rule: 按照
按照 introduces the standard an action follows — a rule, plan, request or order. The 按照 phrase comes before the verb, or at the head of the sentence.
结构
（主语）+ 按照 + 规定／计划／要求／顺序 + 动词
讲解
本文中的中文词语都可以激活，查看词典释义。
“Please queue in order.” is a preposition meaning “according to” in the sense of following something: you do what the rule, plan or instruction says.
Its object is almost always a word for a standard: , , , , , , or a phrase such as . “We set off according to the original plan.” ， “Under school rules, students may not eat in the classroom.”
Like every Chinese preposition, the phrase stands before the verb it modifies, never after it: , not . When it applies to the whole sentence it moves to the front, followed by a comma.
The common confusion is with , which also translates as “according to”. means on the basis of: it introduces information from which a judgement is made (, ). means in line with: it introduces something that is followed. A person’s opinion is neither — for that, use … or simply . alone is a shorter, more spoken form of .
正确
Say each one out loud before moving on. The audio is a reference pronunciation, not a model to imitate exactly — match the tone contour, not the voice.
请按照顺序排队。請按照順序排隊。
Qǐng (third tone, dipping) ànzhào (fourth tone, falling) shùnxù (fourth tone, falling) páiduì. (second tone, rising)···
Please queue in order.
我们按照原来的计划出发。我們按照原來的計劃出發。
Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) ànzhào (fourth tone, falling) yuánlái (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) jìhuà (fourth tone, falling) chūfā. (first tone, high and level)···
We’re setting off according to the original plan.
按照学校的规定，学生不能在教室里吃东西。按照學校的規定，學生不能在教室裡吃東西。
Ànzhào (fourth tone, falling) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) guīdìng, (first tone, high and level) xuésheng (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling) li (neutral tone) chī (first tone, high and level) dōngxi. (first tone, high and level)···
Under school rules, students may not eat in the classroom.
错误 — 常见错误
These sentences are wrong. They are printed here on purpose, each one paired with the repair and the reason, because the error you can recognise is the error you stop making.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 我们出发按照计划。
正确
Correct sentence: 我们按照计划出发。
为什么: A prepositional phrase comes before the verb in Chinese, never after it.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 按照我，这个办法不好。
正确
Correct sentence: 我觉得这个办法不好。
为什么: 按照 needs a standard to follow, not a person. To give an opinion, use 我觉得 or 对我来说.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 按照天气情况，我们决定不去了。
正确
Correct sentence: 根据天气情况，我们决定不去了。
为什么: The weather is information a decision is based on, not a rule being followed, so it takes 根据.
对比
Most errors with this pattern are not errors about this pattern — they are a neighbouring pattern arriving at the wrong moment. Read these side by side.
HSK 4 cloze items often offer 按照, 对于, 关于 and 随着 together, so it pays to know what each one introduces. 按照 introduces a standard that is followed (按照规定). 对于 introduces the thing an attitude or judgement is directed at (对于这个问题，我有不同的看法). 关于 introduces a topic (关于中国历史的书). 随着 introduces a change that something else keeps pace with (随着经济的发展). Read the noun in the gap’s phrase: a rule or plan points to 按照.
对于 and 关于: towards something, or about it →小测验
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Choose the word that completes 请大家___老师的要求写作业。