HSK 5 · Verbs

占 zhàn “to occupy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 占 means

  1. to occupy
  2. to take up
  3. to make up (a share)
  4. to take possession of

How to say 占

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale占zhàn4th tone, falling

占 in a sentence

  1. 这张沙发占了太多空间。

    Zhè zhāng shāfā zhàn le tài duō kōngjiān.

    This sofa takes up too much space.

    Sentence #4267179 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他帮我占了位子。

    Tā bāng wǒ zhàn le wèizi.

    He saved a seat for me.

    Sentence #11949135 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 进口车占了不到百分之八。

    Jìnkǒu chē zhàn le búdào bǎifēnzhī bā.

    Imported cars make up less than eight per cent.

    Sentence #459990 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 占 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 占 (zhàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
占zhànto take possession of
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 占

占 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

占 (zhàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 占 (zhàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 占

Words with 占

占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)占据zhànjù · to occupy占领zhànlǐng · to occupy

More words: Common Verbs

运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use造成zàochéng · to bring about摘zhāi · to pick (fruit粘贴zhāntiē · to paste展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold掌握zhǎngwò · to master招待zhāodài · to hold a reception

FAQs

占 (zhàn) means “to occupy” or “to take up”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhàn: zhàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 占 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 占 from the suggestions. Typing zhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
占 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.