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占

zhàn

HSK 4 Character

What 占 means

1. to take possession of
2. to occupy
3. to take up

Other readings

占 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhānto observe; to divine
• zhànvariant of {占|zhàn}

Example sentences

• 目前谁占上风？
  Mùqián shéi zhàn shàngfēng?
  Who has the edge now?
• 可惜电话占线。
  Kěxī diànhuà zhànxiàn.
  The number is unfortunately busy.
• 本题占五十分。
  This question counts for 50 points.
• 床占了很多空间。
  The bed took up a lot of space.
• 他帮我占了位子。
  He held a seat for me.
• 我们占 99%。
  We are the 99 percent.

Words starting with 占

• 占线zhàn xiànbusy (telephone line)
• 占领zhàn lǐngto capture; to seize; to occupy by force
• 占据zhàn jùto occupy; to hold
• 占有zhàn yǒuto have; to own; to hold
• 占地zhàn dìto take up space; to occupy (space)
• 占用zhàn yòngto occupy
• 占卜zhān bǔto divine
• 占便宜zhàn pián yiadvantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense
• 占去zhàn qùto take up (one's time etc); to occupy (one's attention etc)…
• 占满zhàn mǎnto fill; to occupy completely
• 占优势zhàn yōu shìto predominate; to occupy a dominant position
• 占上风zhàn shàng fēngto take the lead; to gain the upper hand
• 占中Zhàn ZhōngOccupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
• 占先zhàn xiānto take precedence
• 占优zhàn yōuto dominate; dominant
• 占族Zhān zúCham ethnic group
• 占星zhān xīngto divine by astrology; horoscope
• 占比zhàn bǐproportion; percentage
• 占下风zhàn xià fēngto be at a disadvantage
• 占领者zhàn lǐng zhěoccupant
• 占地儿zhàn dì rto take up space
• 占地方zhàn dì fangto take up space
• 占星学zhān xīng xuéastrology
• 占星家zhān xīng jiāastrologer

Words containing 占

• 侵占qīn zhànto invade and occupy (territory)
• 抢占qiǎng zhànto seize (the strategic high ground)
• 霸占bà zhànto occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
• 攻占gōng zhànto seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm…
• 市场占有率shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜmarket share
• 独占dú zhànto have all to oneself; to monopolize
• 拜占庭Bài zhàn tíngByzantium; Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)
• 强占qiáng zhànto occupy by force
• 马占mǎ zhàn(dialect) merchant (loanword)
• 市占率shì zhàn lǜmarket share; abbr. for 市场占有率
• 苏占区Sū zhàn qūSoviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)
• 多吃多占duō chī duō zhàntaking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
• 屏占比píng zhàn bǐscreen-to-body ratio (of a smartphone etc)
• 敌占区dí zhàn qūenemy occupied territory
• 卜占bǔ zhānto divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
• 挤占jǐ zhànto muscle in; to take possession; to occupy; to squat
• 贪占tān zhànto misappropriate
• 独占鳌头dú zhàn áo tóu(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations…
• 鹊巢鸠占què cháo jiū zhànthe magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)…

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 含hánto keep in the mouth; to contain
• 沿yánalong; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 喊hǎnto yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
• 叹tànto sigh; to exclaim
• 咽yànto swallow
• 喃nánmumble in repetition

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 站station; to stand; to halt
• 战to fight; fight; war
• 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 湛deep; clear (water)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 绽to burst open; to split at the seam
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance
• 襢unadorned but elegant dress