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占线 zhànxiàn “busy (telephone line)” in Chinese

Traditional 佔線

What 占线 means

  1. busy (telephone line)

How to say 占线

  • 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线xiàn4th tone, falling

占线 in a sentence

  1. 可惜电话占线。

    Kěxī diànhuà zhànxiàn.

    Unfortunately, the line is busy.

    Sentence #2279122 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 占线 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 线 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
线xiànthread
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 戋small · jiānSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 戋 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

How to write 占线

占 5 strokes · 线 8 strokes

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

Words related to 占线

Words with 占

占zhàn · to occupy占据zhànjù · to occupy占领zhànlǐng · to occupy

Words with 线

视线shìxiàn · line of sight线索xiànsuǒ · clue

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FAQs

占线 (zhànxiàn) means “busy (telephone line)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhànxiàn: zhàn with a 4th tone, then xiàn 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, 占线 is written 佔線. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 占线 from the suggestions. Typing zhanxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
占线 is an HSK 4 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.