命案 meaning in English

mìng'àn

homicide case; murder case

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Meaning of 命案

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mìng'àn
  1. homicide case
  2. murder case

命案 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

毫háo无wú疑yí问wèn,我wǒ们men正zhèng在zài调diào查chá一yī桩zhuāng命mìng案àn。
Make no mistake, we're looking at a homicide case.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

命 mìng · life · 8 strokes

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案 àn · file · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 命案.

生命shēngmìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
命运mìngyùnfate; destiny
答案dá'ànanswer; solution
方案fāng'ànplan; program (for action etc)
图案tú'àndesign; pattern
命令mìnglìngorder; command
救命jiùmìngto save sb's life; (interj.) Help!
档案dàng'ànfile; record; archive
案件ànjiàncase; instance
革命gémìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); re
性命xìngmìnglife
致命zhìmìngfatal; mortal

Questions about 命案

What does 命案 mean?

命案 (mìng'àn) means "homicide case; murder case".

How do you write 命案?

命案 is made of 2 characters: 命 (8 strokes), 案 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.