個案

See also: 个案

Chinese

		(a measure word); individual	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (個案)		個	案
simp. (个案)		个	案

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gè'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go³ on³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò-àn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): go⁶ uan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gè'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gè-àn
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴-an⁴
    • Yale: gè-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehann
    • Palladius: гэань (gɛanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go³ on³
    • Yale: go on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go³ on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: go³ on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː³³ ɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-àn
    • Tâi-lô: kò-àn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiraxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ an²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ an⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ an²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ an¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ an²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: go⁶ uan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŏ uàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³⁵⁻¹¹ ũã²¹³/

Noun

個案

1. individual case (in law, research, etc.) (Classifier: 宗 m)
   • 2024 September 20, “日本男童深圳遇襲與「偶發事件」：民族主義情緒下的中日關係何去何從 [The attack on a Japanese boy in Shenzhen and the "accidental incident": Where will Sino-Japanese relations go from here amid nationalist sentiments?]”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     深圳警方對多家內地媒體多次強調這是「偶發個案」，表示嫌疑人已被抓獲，具體動機不明。 [MSC, trad.]
     深圳警方对多家内地媒体多次强调这是「偶发个案」，表示嫌疑人已被抓获，具体动机不明。 [MSC, simp.]

     Shēnzhèn jǐngfāng duì duō jiā nèidì méitǐ duōcì qiángdiào zhè shì “ǒufā gè'àn”, biǎoshì xiányírén yǐ bèi zhuāhuò, jùtǐ dòngjī bùmíng. [Pinyin]

     Shenzhen police repeatedly emphasized to many mainland media that this was an "occasional case" and stated that the suspect had been arrested and the specific motive was unknown.

Synonyms

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• 案 (àn) (legal matter, proceeding or lawsuit)
• 案件 (ànjiàn) (legal matter, proceeding or lawsuit)
• 案例 (ànlì)
• 案子 (ànzi)

 

Adverb

個案

1. case-by-case

Derived terms

• 個案研究 / 个案研究 (gè'àn yánjiū)
• 個案調查 / 个案调查 (gè'àn diàochá)