| 案 | àn | (legal) case; incident; record; file; table |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | law case; legal case; judicial case; CL:宗,桩,起 |
| 方案 | fāng àn | plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:个,套 |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 图案 | tú àn | design; pattern |
| 答案 | dá àn | answer; solution; CL:个 |
| 提案 | tí àn | proposal; draft resolution; motion (to be debated); to propose a bill; to make a proposal |
| 案情 | àn qíng | details of a case; case |
| 档案 | dàng àn | file; record; archive; Taiwan pr. [dang3 an4] |
| 法案 | fǎ àn | bill; proposed law |
| 立案 | lì àn | to register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation) |
| 翻案 | fān àn | to reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict |
| 办案 | bàn àn | to handle a case |
| 错案 | cuò àn | a misjudged legal case; a miscarriage (of justice) |
| 议案 | yì àn | proposal; motion |
| 公案 | gōng àn | judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism) |
| 案子 | àn zi | long table; counter; case; law case; legal case; judicial case |
| 专案 | zhuān àn | project (Taiwanese); special case for investigation |
| 教案 | jiào àn | lesson plan; teaching plan; a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) |
| 作案 | zuò àn | to commit a crime |
| 对案 | duì àn | counter-proposal |
| 破案 | pò àn | to solve a case; shabby old table |
| 惨案 | cǎn àn | massacre; tragedy; CL:起 |
| 条案 | tiáo àn | long narrow table |
| 断案 | duàn àn | to judge a case |
| 血案 | xuè àn | murder case |
| 定案 | dìng àn | to reach a verdict; to conclude a judgment |
| 案卷 | àn juàn | records; files; archives |
| 备案 | bèi àn | to put on record; to file |
| 归案 | guī àn | to bring to justice; arrested and brought to trial |
| 结案 | jié àn | to conclude a case; to wind up |
| 香案 | xiāng àn | incense burner table |
| 积案 | jī àn | long pending case |
| 不信任案 | bù xìn rèn àn | no-confidence motion |
中苏解决悬案大纲 协定 | Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng | the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China |
| 伏案 | fú àn | lit. to be bent over one's desk (studying or writing); fig. to work slavishly |
| 修正案 | xiū zhèng àn | amendment; revised draft |
| 个案 | gè àn | a case; an individual case; case-by-case |
| 假案 | jiǎ àn | fabricated legal case; frame-up |
| 凶杀案 | xiōng shā àn | murder case |
| 冤假错案 | yuān jiǎ cuò àn | unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) |
| 冤案 | yuān àn | miscarriage of justice |
| 刑案 | xíng àn | criminal case |
| 初刻拍案惊奇 | chū kè pāi àn jīng qí | Slap the table in amazement, Part I; first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初 |
| 到案 | dào àn | to make an appearance in court |
| 反革命案件 | fǎn gé mìng àn jiàn | counterrevolutionary case (law) |
| 受贿案 | shòu huì àn | bribery case |
| 另案 | lìng àn | another case (in law); a case to treat separately |
| 同案犯 | tóng àn fàn | accomplice |
| 命案 | mìng àn | fatal case (legal, criminal, medical etc) |