(àn zi) - case, legal case in Mandarin
ànziTraditional: 案子
HSK 5
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Translation
case, legal case
Word origin
A two-character word. 案 'case, table, record' is a phono-semantic compound with the wood radical 木 and 安 (ān) as phonetic; 子 is a common noun suffix here. Together 案子 means a legal case or matter.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 案 (木 wood + 安 ān phonetic) + 子 (noun suffix)
Stroke order
案
子
Examples
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The police are investigating this case.
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This is a complex case.
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The lawyer took this case.
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This case is very complicated.
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The lawyer took on a new case.
案子 (àn zi) means case, legal case. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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