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

• 香案 an incense burner table
• 到案 to make an appearance in court
• 发案(發案) occurrence; to take place; to occur; to advertise freelance work
• 销案(銷案) to close a case; to bring a case to a close
• 案兵束甲 to rest weapons and loosen armor; to relax from fighting
• 政府提案 government proposed bill
• 案牍(案牘) case records; official records
• 不到案 to not appear [for a case]
• 作案 to commit a crime
• 经典案例(經典案例) case study; classic example
• 冤案 miscarriage of justice
• 疑案 a doubtful case; a controversy
• 专案小组(專案小組) task force
• 在案 before the court
• 备案(備案) filing ; a backup plan
• 专案经理(專案經理) project manager
• 案子 long table; counter ; case; law case; legal case; judicial case
• 几何图案(幾何圖案) geometric design
• 底案 a draft
• 假案 fabricated legal case; frame-up
• 对案(對案) counterproposal
• 档案盒(檔案盒) archive box
• 案桌 a long table
• 办案(辦案) to handle a case
• 汉字简化方案(漢字簡化方案) Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
• 非经营性网站备案(非經營性網站備案) ICP license
• 档案夾(檔案夾) file folder; portfolio
• 案卷 records; files; archives
• 档案(檔案) file; record; archive ; file [computing]
• 杀人案件(殺人案件) (case of, incident of) murder
• 案发(案發) to investigate a crime on the spot; to occur (of a crime); to be discovered (of a crime)
• 议案(議案) proposal; motion
• 档案传输协定(檔案傳輸協定) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• 悬案(懸案) unresolved question; unresolved case
• 伏案 to bend over one's desk
• 案房 record office
• 案板 kneading or chopping board ; a board ; a pig
• 拍案而起 to slap the table and stand up; at the end of one's tether; unable to take it any more
• 讼案(訟案) a [law] case
• 谋杀案(謀殺案) murder case
• 案因 the reason for the case
• 窃案(竊案) a case of robbery
• 提案 proposal; draft resolution; motion
• 涉黑案 gang-related case; criminal case
• 档案袋(檔案袋) archive envelope; portfolio
• 遗案(遺案) unsolved case

Also contained in

四一二惨案 、 茶案 、 拍案惊奇 、 档案配置表 、 档案总管

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

• 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
• 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
• 覆案 (覆案) 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
• 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
• 案曰 (案曰) 是案曰是 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 2
• 谨案 (謹案) 而札書得必謹案視參食者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — 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
• 案问 (案問) 案問莫服 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — 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