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占 zhàn

to occupy; to account for

Strokes
5
Level
HSK 4
Radical
⺊
Traditional
佔
Type
Ideograph
Made of 口 ⿱⺊口

Memory hint: To speak 口 omens ⺊

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  1. 电话占线了。
    Diànhuà zhànxiàn le.
    The phone line is busy.
    phone occupy-line (le)
  2. 这个房间被占了吗？
    Zhège fángjiān bèi zhàn le ma?
    Is this room occupied?
    this (measure) room (passive) occupy (le) (question)
  3. 请不要占着座位不坐。
    Qǐng búyào zhànzhe zuòwèi bú zuò.
    Please don't occupy a seat without sitting in it.
    please not-want occupy-ing seat not sit
  4. 这个位置没有被占。
    Zhège wèizhi méiyǒu bèi zhàn.
    This spot isn't occupied.
    this (measure) spot not-have (passive) occupy
  5. 打电话的时候，一直占线，打不通。
    Dǎ diànhuà de shíhou, yìzhí zhànxiàn, dǎ bù tōng.
    When making the call, the line kept being busy, couldn't get through.
    hit phone (particle) time, continuously occupy-line, hit not through

Words with 占 (5)