HSK 6 · Society

占领 zhànlǐng “to occupy” in Chinese

Traditional 佔領

What 占领 means

  1. to occupy
  2. to capture
  3. to seize
  4. to occupy by force

How to say 占领

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping

占领 in a sentence

  1. 火星人占领了地球。

    Huǒxīngrén zhànlǐng le dìqiú.

    Martians have taken over the Earth.

    Sentence #10303612 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 士兵们占领了这个建筑。

    Shìbīngmen zhànlǐng le zhè ge jiànzhù.

    The soldiers occupied the building.

    Sentence #1360030 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 占领 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 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
领lǐngneck
  • 令command · língSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.

How to write 占领

占 5 strokes · 领 11 strokes

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

Words related to 占领

Words with 占

占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)占zhàn · to occupy占据zhànjù · to occupy

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领土lǐngtǔ · territory领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead

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FAQs

占领 (zhànlǐng) means “to occupy” or “to capture”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhànlǐng: zhàn with a 4th tone, then lǐng with a 3rd 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, 占领 is written 佔領. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 占领 from the suggestions. Typing zhanling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
占领 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.