案

àn · an

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)方(fāng)正(zhèng)在(zài)调(diào)查(chá)这(zhè)起(qǐ)盗(dào)窃(qiè)案(àn)。

The police are investigating this theft case.

02

律(lǜ)师(shī)把(bǎ)案(àn)卷(juàn)放(fàng)在(zài)桌(zhuō)子(zi)上(shàng)。

The lawyer put the case file on the table.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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