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
占用
zhànyòng
to occupy; to take up; to use
Characters in this word
用 yòng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 — to use, to employ, to apply
- Made of
- ⺆ frame 𰀁 hook
Example phrases
- 这些临时设施长期占用公共空间，已经影响居民通行。 Zhèxiē línshí shèshī chángqī zhànyòng gōnggòng kōngjiān, yǐjīng yǐngxiǎng jūmín tōngxíng. These temporary facilities have long occupied public space and are already affecting residents' passage.
- 停车位被别人的车占用了，我只好停到路边。 Tíngchēwèi bèi biérén de chē zhànyòng le, wǒ zhǐhǎo tíng dào lùbiān. The parking spot was taken by someone else's car, so I had to park by the roadside.
- 学习外语会占用很多空闲时间，但很值得。 Xuéxí wàiyǔ huì zhànyòng hěn duō kòngxián shíjiān, dàn hěn zhídé. Learning a foreign language takes up a lot of free time, but it is well worth it.
Related words
- 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
- 霸占 bàzhàn to occupy by force; to seize
- 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
- 不用 búyòng no need to
- 用 yòng to use; with
- 有用 yǒuyòng useful