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

• 作案 to commit a crime
• 档案夾(檔案夾) file folder; portfolio
• 案兵束甲 to rest weapons and loosen armor; to relax from fighting
• 到案 to make an appearance in court
• 档案袋(檔案袋) archive envelope; portfolio
• 技术方案(技術方案) technology program; technical solution
• 归案(歸案) to bring to justice; to file away (a document)
• 山案座 Mensa
• 香案 an incense burner table
• 抄案 to record evidence
• 重案 major case; serious crime
• 照案 following precedent
• 建议案(建議案) proposal for a new law
• 孟光举案(孟光舉案) raising the tray to Meng Guang; mutual respect in a marriage
• 本案 the case being heard
• 案甲休兵 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest; to relax from fighting
• 犯案 to commit a crime or offence
• 案语(案語) an explanatory note
• 草案 draft
• 底案 a draft
• 案文 text
• 立案侦查(立案偵查) to file for investigation; to prosecute (a case)
• 案底 criminal record
• 惨案(慘案) massacre; tragedy
• 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 陈案(陳案) an old case
• 决议案(決議案) resolution (of a meeting)
• 查案 to investigate a case
• 专案经理(專案經理) project manager
• 涉案 to be involved in the case
• 文案 official document ; secretary; clerk
• 举案齐眉(舉案齊眉) to lift the tray to eyebrow level; mutual respect in a marriage
• 断案(斷案) to judge a case
• 销案(銷案) to close a case; to bring a case to a close
• 和案 mutual agreement to settle a case
• 第二次汉字简化方案(第二次漢字簡化方案) Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme
• 破案 to solve a case; shabby old table
• 案头(案頭) on one's desk; on the table
• 档案转送存取及管理(檔案轉送存取及管理) File Transfer, Access and Management / FTAM
• 书案(書案) writing desk; a study desk ; a long table ; official record
• 反案 to overturn a case; reverse a decision
• 谋杀案(謀殺案) murder case
• 案据(案據) a case precedent
• 涉黑案 gang-related case; criminal case

Also contained in

档案分配区 、 档案总管 、 中苏解决悬案大纲协定 、 吉祥图案 、 初刻拍案惊奇 、 拍案惊奇 、 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

• 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
• 案轫 (案軔) 車案軔 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
• 案绾 (案綰) 召案綰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — 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
• 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
• 祸案 (禍案) 秦禍案移於梁矣 — Xunzi 荀子, 勸學篇第一 Chapter 1: An Exhortation to Study — count: 2
• 案图籍 (案圖籍) 案圖籍 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張儀列傳》 Biography of Zhang Yi — 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