霸 bà
- Strokes
- 21
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
霸占
bàzhàn
to occupy by force; to seize
Characters in this word
占 zhàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- ⺊ — divination
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家公司长期霸占公共海滩，阻止居民进入，终于被监管部门处罚。 Zhè jiā gōngsī chángqī bàzhàn gōnggòng hǎitān, zǔzhǐ jūmín jìnrù, zhōngyú bèi jiānguǎn bùmén chǔfá. This company occupied the public beach for years and blocked residents from entering, and was finally punished by regulators.
- 邻居把楼道当成自己的仓库，长期霸占公共空间。 Línjū bǎ lóudào dàngchéng zìjǐ de cāngkù, chángqī bàzhàn gōnggòng kōngjiān. The neighbour treats the stairwell as his own storeroom and has long taken over the shared space.
- 哥哥总爱霸占电视遥控器，弟弟只能看他选的节目。 Gēge zǒng ài bàzhàn diànshì yáokòngqì, dìdi zhǐ néng kàn tā xuǎn de jiémù. My older brother always hogs the TV remote, so my younger brother can only watch what he picks.
Related words
- 霸道 bàdào overbearing; tyrannical
- 占 zhàn to occupy; to take up
- 占领 zhànlǐng to occupy
- 占有 zhànyǒu to own; to take up
- 占比 zhànbǐ proportion, percentage
- 占据 zhànjù to occupy
- 强占 qiángzhàn to seize by force; to forcibly occupy
- 侵占 qīnzhàn to occupy illegally; to seize; to encroach on
- 占卜 zhānbǔ to divine; divination
- 占用 zhànyòng to occupy; to take up; to use
- 剥削 bōxuē to exploit
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause