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案

àn

HSK 4 Character

What 案 means

1. (legal) case
2. incident
3. record
4. file
5. table

Example sentences

• 结案了。
  The case is closed.
• 我有个提案。
  Wǒ yǒu gè tí'àn.
  I have a proposal.
• 那就是答案。
  That's the answer.
• 你知道答案吗?
  Do you know the answer?
• 汤姆知道答案。
  Tom knew the answer.
• 他目睹了谋杀案。
  Tā mùdǔ le móushā'àn.
  He witnessed the murder.

Words starting with 案

• 案件àn jiàncase; instance
• 案例àn lìcase (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example
• 案子àn zilong table; counter; (colloquial) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
• 案发àn fā(of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered…
• 案情àn qíngdetails of a legal case; facts and circumstances of a case…
• 案头àn tóuon one's desk
• 案卷àn juànrecords; files; archives
• 案板àn bǎnkneading or chopping board
• 案文àn wéntext
• 案由àn yóumain points of a case; brief; summary
• 案发现场àn fā xiàn chǎngcrime scene
• 案例法àn lì fǎcase law
• 案首àn shǒucandidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level…
• 案验àn yàn(old) to investigate the evidence of a case
• 案称àn chèngcounter scale
• 案底àn dǐcriminal record
• 案兵束甲àn bīng shù jiǎto rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
• 案甲休兵àn jiǎ xiū bīngto put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
• 案秤àn chèngcounter scale; bench scale
• 案牍àn dúofficial documents or correspondence
• 案语àn yǔvariant of 按语

Words containing 案

• 答案dá ànanswer; solution
• 方案fāng ànplan; program (for action etc); proposal
• 档案dàng ànfile; record; archive
• 图案tú àndesign; pattern
• 草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
• 作案zuò ànto commit a crime
• 个案gè ànindividual case; special case
• 报案bào ànto report a case to the authorities
• 办案bàn ànto handle a (criminal) case
• 提案tí ànproposal; draft resolution; motion (to be debated)
• 法案fǎ ànbill; proposed law
• 备案bèi ànto put on record; to file
• 专案组zhuān àn zǔspecial investigation team (legal or judicial)
• 议案yì ànproposal; motion
• 立案lì ànto register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation)
• 破案pò ànto solve a criminal case
• 教案jiào ànlesson plan; teaching plan; a "missionary case"…
• 惨案cǎn ànmassacre; tragedy
• 文案wén àn(newspapers etc) copy; copywriter; (office etc) paperwork
• 预案yù àncontingency plan
• 冤案yuān ànmiscarriage of justice
• 命案mìng ànhomicide case; murder case
• 谋杀案móu shā ànmurder case
• 涉案shè àn(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case

Characters built on 安

These share the phonetic component 安 (ān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 氨ānammonia
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 铵ǎnammonium
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn

Characters that look like 案

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 奕yìabundant; graceful
• 宦huànimperial official; court eunuch

Sounds the same

Read àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 暗dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 岸bank; shore; beach; coast
• 黯(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy
• 胺(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 犴used in 狴犴
• 豻jail