(àn zi) - case, legal case in Mandarin

ànzi

Traditional: 案子

HSK 5

#831 of 5,000 Core 1000

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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This word is part of lesson 17.