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案件

àn jiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 宗、桩、起

案件 (àn jiàn) means "case; instance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 案件 means

1. case
2. instance

The characters in 案件

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc

Example sentences

• 警察会调查这起案件。
  The police will look into the case.
• 这些失踪案件可能是谋杀。
  These disappearances are probably murders.
• 你曾是一宗司法案件的证人？
  Nǐ céng shì yī zōng sīfǎ ànjiàn de zhèngrén?
  Have you ever served as a witness in a court case?
• 他打算从头开始重新审查这个案件。
  Tā dǎsuàn cóngtóu kāishǐ chóngxīn shěnchá zhège ànjiàn.
  He intended to reexamine the case from the beginning.
• 这个案件可能不会在短时间内就解决。
  Zhège ànjiàn kěnéng bù huì zài duǎnshíjiān nèi jiù jiějué.
  This case might not get resolved for a while.
• 私家侦探们受雇调查这桩奇怪的案件。
  Sījiā zhēntànmen shòugù diàochá zhè zhuāng qíguài de ànjiàn.
  Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.

Words containing 案件

• 杀人案件shā rén àn jiàn(case of, incident of) murder
• 德雷福斯案件Dé léi fú sī àn jiànDreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving…
• 桃色案件táo sè àn jiàncase involving sex scandal (law)

Sounds the same

Read àn jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按键button or key (on a device); keystroke; to press a button
• 暗箭attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back

Where 案件 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · āi–hē (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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