案
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.(legal) case
- 2.incident
- 3.record
- 4.file
- 5.table
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Wiktionary
- 1.long table; counter
- 2.long board that serves as a table or counter
- 3.case (legal matter, proceeding or lawsuit)
- 4.event; incident; occurrence
- 5.record; file
- 6.plan submitted for consideration; proposal
- 7.wooden plate used to serve food in ancient times
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qaːns): semantic 木 + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
結案了。
The case is closed.
他目睹了謀殺案。
He witnessed the murder.
我注意到一個圖案。
I noticed a pattern.
他因為謀殺案在牢裡待了十年。
He has spent ten years in jail for murder.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
案件 case答案 answer方案 plan档案 file; record; archive案例 case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example图案 design; pattern破案 to solve a criminal case草案 draft (legislation, proposal etc)个案 individual case; special case案验 (old) to investigate the evidence of a case旧案 old court case拍案 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)