HSK 6 · Society

案件 ànjiàn “legal case” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 案件 means

  1. legal case
  2. case
  3. instance

Measure word 宗 zōng or 桩 zhuāng · 一宗案件 yì zōng ànjiàn

How to say 案件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale案àn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

案件 in a sentence

  1. 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.

    Sentence #1883480 from Tatoeba

  2. 你曾是一宗司法案件的证人？

    Nǐ céng shì yì zōng sīfǎ ànjiàn de zhèngrén?

    Have you ever been a witness in a court case?

    Sentence #1284197 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个案件可能不会在短时间内就解决。

    Zhè ge ànjiàn kěnéng bú huì zài duǎn shíjiān nèi jiù jiějué.

    This case may not be resolved any time soon.

    Sentence #803501 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 案件 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 案 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
案àncase
  • 安peaceful · ānSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 安 (ān) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
件jiànitem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.

How to write 案件

案 10 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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案件 (ànjiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 案件 (ànjiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 案件

Words with 案

答案dá'àn · answer方案fāng'àn · plan档案dàng'àn · file草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)图案tú'àn · pattern案例ànlì · case

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Society & Law

秩序zhìxù · order (orderly state)主席zhǔxí · chairperson总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings颁布bānbù · to promulgate颁发bānfā · to award绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap

FAQs

案件 (ànjiàn) means “legal case” or “case”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ànjiàn: àn with a 4th tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 案件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 宗 (zōng) or 桩 (zhuāng). For example, one legal case is 一宗案件 (yì zōng ànjiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 案件 from the suggestions. Typing anjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
案件 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.