Chinese symbol for “instance”
案例
àn lì
case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example
The closest CC-CEDICT match for instance is 案例 (àn lì), defined as: case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “instance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 案件 | àn jiàn | case; instance |
| 故 | gù | happening; instance |
| 例 | lì | example; precedent |
| 例子 | lì zi | case; (for) instance |
| 副本 | fù běn | copy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 案例.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方案 | fāng àn | plan; program (for action etc) |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | case; instance |
| 答案 | dá àn | answer; solution |
| 档案 (檔案) | dàng àn | file; record; archive |
| 法案 | fǎ àn | bill; proposed law |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion; scale |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “instance”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.