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占线

zhàn xiàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 佔線

占线 (zhàn xiàn) means "busy (telephone line)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 占线 means

1. busy (telephone line)

The characters in 占线

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 可惜电话占线。
  Kěxī diànhuà zhànxiàn.
  The number is unfortunately busy.

Sounds the same

Read zhàn xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 战线battle line; battlefront; front
• 绽线to have a ripped seam

Where 占线 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Telephone Lines, Crime & Justice (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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