占 zhàn / zhān in a sentence
Divine (practise divination); Occupy (get the upper hand)
占 (zhàn / zhān) means Divine (practise divination), Occupy (get the upper hand). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个房间 占 了很大地方。
Zhège fángjiān zhàn le hěn dà dìfang.
This room takes up a lot of space.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 占
他的电话一直 占 线。
Tā de diànhuà yìzhí zhànxiàn.
His line has been busy the whole time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 占线
球队开场就 占 了气势。
Qiúduì kāichǎng jiù zhàn le qìshì.
The team seized the momentum from the kick-off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气势
两家公司各 占 一半股份。
Liǎng jiā gōngsī gè zhàn yíbàn gǔfèn.
The two companies each hold half the shares.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 股份
这些书 占 据了半个房间。
Zhèxiē shū zhànjù le bàn ge fángjiān.
These books take up half the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 占据
我又打了一次，还是 占 线。
Wǒ yòu dǎ le yí cì, háishi zhànxiàn.
I called again and it was still engaged.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 占线
这件事 占 据了他大量时间。
Zhè jiàn shì zhànjù le tā dàliàng shíjiān.
This matter took up a great deal of his time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 占据
这家公司很快 占 领了市场。
Zhè jiā gōngsī hěn kuài zhànlǐng le shìchǎng.
This company quickly captured the market.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 占领
房租在她的支出中 占 很大比重。
Fángzū zài tā de zhīchū zhōng zhàn hěn dà bǐzhòng.
Rent accounts for a large share of her spending.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 比重
非法 占 用他人土地要承担责任。
Fēifǎ zhànyòng tārén tǔdì yào chéngdān zérèn.
Illegally occupying another's land carries liability.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 非法
这家公司在行业中 占 主导地位。
Zhè jiā gōngsī zài hángyè zhōng zhàn zhǔdǎo dìwèi.
This company holds a dominant position in the industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主导
这段历史记录了城市被 占 领的岁月。
Zhè duàn lìshǐ jìlù le chéngshì bèi zhànlǐng de suìyuè.
This history records the years when the city was occupied.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 占领
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Words that contain 占
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Questions about 占
How is 占 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 占 (zhàn / zhān, "Divine (practise divination), Occupy (get the upper hand)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 占 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 占 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 占 an HSK word?
Yes — 占 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 占?
The dictionary page for 占 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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