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zhàn
HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 占

占地面积
zhàn dì miàn ji

floor area

占优
zhàn yōu

to dominate

占优势
zhàn yōu shì

to predominate

多吃多占
duō chī duō zhàn

taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish

占有
zhàn yǒu

to have

占上风
zhàn shàng fēng

to take the lead

抢占
qiǎng zhàn

to seize (the strategic high ground)

马占
mǎ zhàn

(dialect) merchant (loanword)

占去
zhàn qù

to take up (one's time etc)

占领者
zhàn lǐng zhě

occupant

市场占有率
shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ

market share

独占
dú zhàn

to monopolize

卜占
bǔ zhān

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

霸占
bà zhàn

to occupy by force

攻占
gōng zhàn

to seize control of (an enemy position)

占星家
zhān xīng jiā

astrologer

占星学
zhān xīng xué

astrology

占着茅坑不拉屎
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)

占线
zhàn xiàn

busy (telephone line)

占中
zhàn zhōng

Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)

独占鳌头
dú zhàn áo tóu

to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand)

占下风
zhàn xià fēng

to be at a disadvantage

侵占
qīn zhàn

to invade and occupy (territory)

占据
zhàn jù

to occupy

占为己有
zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

占用
zhàn yòng

to occupy

占婆
zhàn pó

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn

the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)

占族
zhàn zú

Cham ethnic group

占城
zhàn chéng

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

挤占
jǐ zhàn

to seize

占压
zhàn yā

to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)

市占率
shì zhàn lǜ

market share

占便宜
zhàn pián yi

advantageous

苏占区
sū zhàn qū

Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)

占领
zhàn lǐng

to occupy (a territory)

占星术
zhān xīng shù

astrology

占地
zhàn dì

to take up space

占满
zhàn mǎn

to fill

占星
zhān xīng

to divine by astrology

占星师
zhān xīng shī

astrologer

贪占
tān zhàn

to misappropriate

敌占区
dí zhàn qū

enemy occupied territory

占卜
zhān bǔ

to divine

返还占有
fǎn huán zhàn yǒu

repossession

占先
zhàn xiān

to take precedence

强占
qiáng zhàn

to occupy by force

拜占庭
bài zhàn tíng

Byzantium

占地方
zhàn dì fang

to take up space