按揭
àn jiē
Pinyin

Definition

按揭
 - 
àn jiē
  1. a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese)
  2. to buy property on a mortgage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

按
àn
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push
  3. 3 to leave aside or shelve
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to keep one's hand on
  7. 7 to check or refer to
  8. 8 according to
  9. 9 in the light of
  10. 10 (of an editor or author) to make a comment
按摩
àn mó
  1. 1 massage
  2. 2 to massage
按键
àn jiàn
  1. 1 button or key (on a device)
  2. 2 keystroke
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to press a button
按压
àn yā
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push (a button)
按时
àn shí
  1. 1 on time
  2. 2 before deadline
  3. 3 on schedule

Idioms (6)

三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
按兵不动
àn bīng bù dòng
  1. 1 to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
按质定价
àn zhì dìng jià
  1. 1 to fix a price based on quality (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那就多吃点。对了，后天该交房子的按揭贷款了。还有，上午我去金宝贝听了试听课，太棒了，我也要让皮皮从小就在双语环境里长大！唉，你加薪的事和领导提了没有？我还想......
nà jiù duō chī diǎn 。duì le ，hòutiān gāi jiāo fángzi de ànjiē dàikuǎn le 。hái yǒu ，shàngwǔ wǒ qù Jīnbǎobèi tīng le shìtīng kè ，tài bàng le ，wǒ yě yào ràng Pípi cóngxiǎo jiù zài shuāngyǔ huánjìng li zhǎngdà ！used as a verbal response to inquiry ，nǐ jiāxīn de shì hé lǐngdǎo tí le méiyǒu ？wǒ hái xiǎng ......
Have some more then. Oh, right. We need to make a mortgage payment the day after tomorrow. Oh, also--I went to Gymboree this morning to watch a demo class. It was great. I really want to have Pipi grow up in a bilingual environment. Oh, did you bring up the topic of your raise to your boss? I was thinking...
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