案 àn

1. àn noun case; incident
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: This could apply to an incident in any organization but often specifically means a legal case (Guoyu '案' n 3; Mathews 1931 '案' p. 5; Unihan '案')
2. àn noun a table; a bench
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '案' n 2; Mathews 1931 '案' p. 5; Unihan '案')
3. àn verb in the author's opinion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This could apply to an incident in any organization but often specifically means a legal case (Guoyu '案' n 6)
4. àn noun a wooden tray
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used for serving food (Guoyu '案' n 1)
5. àn noun a record; a file
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: 案 is synonymous with 档案 in this sense (Guoyu '案' n 4)
6. àn noun a draft; a proposal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: 案 is synonymous with 草案 in this sense (Guoyu '案' n 5)
7. àn verb to press down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 向下压; same as 按 (Guoyu '案' v 1; Mathews 1931 '案', p. 6)
8. àn verb to investigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 考查; same as 按 (Guoyu '案' v 2)
9. àn verb according to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 依照; same as 按 (Guoyu '案' v 3)
10. àn conjunction thus; so; therefore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 于是 (Guoyu '案' conj)

Contained in

• 旧案(舊案) old court case; long-standing legal dispute
• 案情 details of a case; case records
• 案房 record office
• 案兵不动(案兵不動) to hold back the troops and stay put
• 骗案(騙案) scam; fraud
• 涉案 to be involved in the case
• 音像档案(音像檔案) audiovisual archive
• 几案 table; a long table
• 备案(備案) filing ; a backup plan
• 法案 a bill; a proposed law
• 和案 mutual agreement to settle a case
• 权利法案(權利法案) bill of rights
• 个案(個案) a case; an individual case; case-by-case
• 提案 proposal; draft resolution; motion
• 孟光举案(孟光舉案) raising the tray to Meng Guang; mutual respect in a marriage
• 医案(醫案) case history (TCM); case record
• 档案建立(檔案建立) file creation
• 积案(積案) long pending case ; a drawn-out case
• 案卷 records; files; archives
• 档案转送(檔案轉送) file transfer
• 错案(錯案) a misjudged legal case; a miscarriage (of justice)
• 档案袋(檔案袋) archive envelope; portfolio
• 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
• 方案 plan; program; proposal
• 桃色案件 sex scandal case
• 案行 to go on a judicial tour
• 答案 answer; solution
• 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 疑案 a doubtful case; a controversy
• 决议案(決議案) resolution (of a meeting)
• 桌案 table
• 脉案(脈案) medical record
• 凶杀案(兇殺案) murder case
• 枪击案(槍擊案) a shooting
• 捉拿归案(捉拿歸案) to bring to justice
• 报案(報案) to report a case to the authorities
• 作案 to commit a crime
• 吃案 (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
• 案例法 case law
• 文案 official document ; secretary; clerk
• 档案执行(檔案執行) file execution; executable file
• 档案夾(檔案夾) file folder; portfolio
• 图案(圖案) a design; a pattern
• 案照 according to the records
• 案验(案驗) investigate the evidence of a case
• 冤案 miscarriage of justice
• 重案 major case; serious crime
• 同案犯 accomplice

Also contained in

档案总管 、 苏报案 、 大唐狄公案

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 169
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 141
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 105
• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 99
• 晉紀 Records of the Jin Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 95
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 90
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 85
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 82
• 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 78
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 77

Collocations

• 先王案 (先王案) 故先王案爲之制禮義以分之 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 3
• 案道 (案道) 為案道侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 3
• 今案 (今案) 今案盾事 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷一 楚莊王第一 玉杯第二　Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 君案 (君案) 君案囷窌之數令之曰 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 2
• 案囷 (案囷) 君案囷窌之數令之曰 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 2
• 案使 (案使) 案使倍之 — Xunzi 荀子, 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony — count: 2
• 案三 (案三) 使者覆案三川相屬 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — count: 2
• 案轫 (案軔) 車案軔 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
• 法令案 (法令案) 不以法令案功勞 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 2
• 薄案 (薄案) 而薄案死山陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 2