zhàn

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 占

占据
zhàn jù

to occupy

占有
zhàn yǒu

to have

占用
zhàn yòng

to occupy

占线
zhàn xiàn

busy (telephone line)

占领
zhàn lǐng

to occupy (a territory)

侵占
qīn zhàn

to invade and occupy (territory)

占卜
zhān bǔ

to divine

强占
qiáng zhàn

to occupy by force

霸占
bà zhàn

to occupy by force

占上风
zhàn shàng fēng

to take the lead

占下风
zhàn xià fēng

to be at a disadvantage

占中
zhàn zhōng

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

占便宜
zhàn pián yi

advantageous

占优势
zhàn yōu shì

to predominate

占先
zhàn xiān

to take precedence

占去
zhàn qù

to take up (one's time etc)

占城
zhàn chéng

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

占压
zhàn yā

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

占婆
zhàn pó

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

占族
zhàn zú

Cham ethnic group

占为己有
zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

占领者
zhàn lǐng zhě

occupant

卜占
bǔ zhān

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

占优
zhàn yōu

to dominate

占地
zhàn dì

to take up space

占地方
zhàn dì fang

to take up space

占地面积
zhàn dì miàn ji

floor area

占星
zhān xīng

to divine by astrology

占星学
zhān xīng xué

astrology

占星家
zhān xīng jiā

astrologer

占星师
zhān xīng shī

astrologer

占星术
zhān xīng shù

astrology

占满
zhàn mǎn

to fill

占着茅坑不拉屎
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

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

多吃多占
duō chī duō zhàn

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

市占率
shì zhàn lǜ

market share

市场占有率
shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ

market share

拜占庭
bài zhàn tíng

Byzantium

抢占
qiǎng zhàn

to seize (the strategic high ground)

挤占
jǐ zhàn

to seize

攻占
gōng zhàn

to seize control of (an enemy position)

敌占区
dí zhàn qū

enemy occupied territory

独占
dú zhàn

to monopolize

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)

苏占区
sū zhàn qū

Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)

贪占
tān zhàn

to misappropriate

返还占有
fǎn huán zhàn yǒu

repossession

马占
mǎ zhàn

(dialect) merchant (loanword)

鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn

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