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

• 积案(積案) long pending case ; a drawn-out case
• 弊案 scandal
• 档案转送(檔案轉送) file transfer
• 技术方案(技術方案) technology program; technical solution
• 传案(傳案) to summon for a case [to appear in court]
• 本案 the case being heard
• 投案 to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime)
• 刑案 criminal case
• 案结(案結) conclusion of a case
• 专案(專案) special case for investigation; project
• 案板 kneading or chopping board ; a board ; a pig
• 案语(案語) an explanatory note
• 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
• 案头(案頭) on one's desk; on the table
• 成案 a case precedent ; an already processed case
• 案文 text
• 桌案 table
• 决议案(決議案) resolution (of a meeting)
• 法案 a bill; a proposed law
• 骗案(騙案) scam; fraud
• 图案(圖案) a design; a pattern
• 都更案 urban development project
• 凶杀案(兇殺案) murder case
• 修正案 amendment; revised draft
• 查案 to investigate a case
• 旧案(舊案) old court case; long-standing legal dispute
• 案验(案驗) investigate the evidence of a case
• 权利法案(權利法案) bill of rights
• 重案 major case; serious crime
• 拍案而起 to slap the table and stand up; at the end of one's tether; unable to take it any more
• 血案 murder case
• 案件 a case; a record
• 结案(結案) to conclude a case
• 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 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)
• 案事 to investigate the facts of a case
• 和案 mutual agreement to settle a case
• 案例法 case law
• 案子 long table; counter ; case; law case; legal case; judicial case
• 破案 to solve a case; shabby old table
• 涉案 to be involved in the case
• 底案 a draft
• 发案(發案) occurrence; to take place; to occur; to advertise freelance work
• 文案 official document ; secretary; clerk
• 枪击案(槍擊案) a shooting
• 到案 to make an appearance in court
• 医案(醫案) case history (TCM); case record
• 归案(歸案) to bring to justice; to file away (a document)
• 专案组(專案組) special investigation team (legal or judicial)

Also contained in

沙基惨案 、 档案配置表

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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 设案 (設案) 則張幕設案 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — 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
• 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
• 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