HSK 6 · Ideas

案例 ànlì “case” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 案例 means

  1. case
  2. example
  3. case study
  4. case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc)
  5. instance

How to say 案例

  • 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例lì4th tone, falling

案例 in a sentence

  1. 老师用一个案例给我们讲解这个问题。

    Lǎoshī yòng yí ge ànlì gěi wǒmen jiǎngjiě zhè ge wèntí.

    The teacher explained the problem to us with a case study.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是一个非常成功的案例。

    Zhè shì yí ge fēicháng chénggōng de ànlì.

    This is a very successful example.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 案例 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 例 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
例lìexample
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 列a line · lièSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 列 (liè) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 案例

案 10 strokes · 例 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 案例

Words with 案

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

Words with 例

例如lìrú · for example比例bǐlì · proportion破例pòlì · to make an exception惯例guànlì · convention例外lìwài · exception

More words: Ideas & Concepts

状况zhuàngkuàng · condition状态zhuàngtài · condition主题zhǔtí · theme组zǔ · group奥秘àomì · mystery拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)榜样bǎngyàng · role model半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway

FAQs

案例 (ànlì) means “case” or “example”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ànlì: àn with a 4th tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 案例 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 案例 from the suggestions. Typing anli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
案例 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.