案发

案發

ànfā

verb #9,893

Meanings

1 (of a crime) to occur; to take place
2 the occurrence of a criminal case

Characters

case (legal); incident

to occur; to happen; to emit

A case occurs — the moment a crime takes place.

Examples

案发时他不在现场。

Ànfā shí tā bù zài xiànchǎng.

He was not at the scene when the crime occurred.

警方已经封锁了案发地点。

Jǐngfāng yǐjīng fēngsuǒ le ànfā dìdiǎn.

The police have sealed off the crime scene.

案发后嫌疑人逃离了现场。

Ànfā hòu xiányírén táolí le xiànchǎng.

After the crime occurred, the suspect fled the scene.

Tips

usage

案发 is formal and almost exclusively used in legal/crime contexts. Common compounds: 案发现场 (crime scene), 案发时间 (time of the crime), 案发地点 (location of the crime).

Stroke Order

案 àn

发 fā