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

• 案牍(案牘) case records; official records
• 经典案例(經典案例) case study; classic example
• 断案(斷案) to judge a case
• 桌案 table
• 骗案(騙案) scam; fraud
• 专案经理(專案經理) project manager
• 归案(歸案) to bring to justice; to file away (a document)
• 不到案 to not appear [for a case]
• 案桌 a long table
• 凶杀案(兇殺案) murder case
• 答案 answer; solution
• 案由 the origin of a case
• 不信任案 no-confidence motion
• 档案传输协定(檔案傳輸協定) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• 积案(積案) long pending case ; a drawn-out case
• 方案 plan; program; proposal
• 重案 major case; serious crime
• 都更案 urban development project
• 杀人案(殺人案) murder case; homicide case
• 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 档案袋(檔案袋) archive envelope; portfolio
• 案情超绿(案情超綠) a copy of the case records
• 专案(專案) special case for investigation; project
• 权利法案(權利法案) bill of rights
• 山案座 Mensa
• 察案 to conduct an investigation into a case
• 惩戒案(懲戒案) a case requiring discipline
• 到案 to make an appearance in court
• 几何图案(幾何圖案) geometric design
• 举案齐眉(舉案齊眉) to lift the tray to eyebrow level; mutual respect in a marriage
• 医案(醫案) case history (TCM); case record
• 查案 to investigate a case
• 孟光举案(孟光舉案) raising the tray to Meng Guang; mutual respect in a marriage
• 案底 criminal record
• 堆案盈几 piles of work and papers; accumulated backlog of work
• 个案(個案) a case; an individual case; case-by-case
• 文案 official document ; secretary; clerk
• 弊案 scandal
• 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
• 案兵束甲 to rest weapons and loosen armor; to relax from fighting
• 档案属性(檔案屬性) file attribute
• 刑名案件 a criminal case
• 办案(辦案) to handle a case
• 另案 another case (in law); a case to treat separately

Also contained in

香案 、 四一二惨案 、 吉祥图案 、 沙基惨案 、 茶案 、 案达罗 、 大唐狄公案

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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

• 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
• 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
• 案轫 (案軔) 車案軔 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
• 案丞相 (案丞相) 欲案丞相 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — 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
• 案往 (案往) 案往舊造說 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 2
• 案法 (案法) 案法試課成功 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 2
• 案刍豢 (案芻豢) 案芻豢 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 2