HSK 6 · Verbs

占据 zhànjù “to occupy” in Chinese

Traditional 佔據

What 占据 means

  1. to occupy
  2. to hold

How to say 占据

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale占zhàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale据jù4th tone, falling

占据 in a sentence

  1. 杂草完全占据了花坛。

    Zácǎo wánquán zhànjù le huātán.

    Weeds have completely taken over the flowerbed.

    Sentence #5694497 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 占据 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
The character 据 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
据jùaccording to
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 居to live · jīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 占据

占 5 strokes · 据 11 strokes

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

Words related to 占据

Words with 占

占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)占zhàn · to occupy占领zhànlǐng · to occupy

Words with 据

根据gēnjù · according to据说jùshuō · it is said that收据shōujù · receipt证据zhèngjù · evidence数据shùjù · data据悉jùxī · it is reported that依据yījù · basis

More words: Common Verbs

遭遇zāoyù · to encounter赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present增添zēngtiān · to add扎zhā · to prick展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show瞻仰zhānyǎng · to look up to with reverence折zhé · to break

FAQs

占据 (zhànjù) means “to occupy” or “to hold”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhànjù: zhàn with a 4th tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 占据 is written 佔據. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 占据 from the suggestions. Typing zhanju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
占据 is an HSK 6 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.