According to with 按照

Structure 按照 + rule/plan，+ action

按照 (ànzhào) means "according to, in accordance with" a rule, plan or instructions: 按照计划，我们明天出发 = "according to the plan, we leave tomorrow". It goes before the action that follows that guideline. It’s somewhat formal in register.

Examples

请qǐng按àn照zhào说shuō明míng做zuò。
Please do it according to the instructions.
按àn照zhào计jì划huà，我wǒ们men明míng天tiān出chū发fā。
According to the plan, we set off tomorrow.
一yī切qiè按àn照zhào规guī定dìng来lái。
Everything goes by the rules.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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