占

The character "占" has 5 strokes. "占" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "占" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "占" are "zhàn" "zhān" . View the stroke order of "占">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "占"

v.: practise divination; divine; seize; take possession of; forcibly occupy; take up (time, space, etc); occupy; constitute; hold; make up; account for

• divine : adj.上帝的；神的；好极了的；令人高兴的；神圣的；敬神的
• seize : v.捉住；抓住；咬住；卡住；依法占有；缠扎；捆绑；夺取；没收；掌握
• take possession of : 占有；接管
• occupy : v.居住；占用；使（大脑；思绪）老想着；军事占领；占据；居；拥有；使忙碌；非法强占
• constitute : v.为…的成分；构成；授以合法形式；以合法形式建立；相当于；组成
• hold : v.抓住；拿着；托住；夹住；拘留；稳定；容纳；能装；拥有；为（人）保留；控制；防止；举行
• make up : 组成, 构成；化妆；编造；弥补
• account for : 作出满意说明；提供；构成；解释, 说明；占...(数量/比例)

Form words with "占"

占小便宜吃大亏 gain petty advantages only to suffer heavy losses

口占一绝 improvise a quatrain

占整版篇幅的文章 full page article

Example phrases using "占"

• 比赛开始不久，主队就占了先手。

  At the beginning of the match, the advantage lay with the host team. / The home team seized the initiative at the very beginning of the game.

• 森林覆被占该国面积的五分之一。

  Forests cover one fifth of the country.

• 今年全县粮食平产的乡占5％。

  This year five per cent of the townships in the county have shown no increase in grain production.

• 他来得早，占了个好地位。

  He came early and occupied a good position/place.

• 那么着吧，你先去占座位，我帮你交作业。

  I have an idea: you go and secure a seat first, and I’ll hand in the assignment book for you.

• 果园里一共有五千棵果树，其中苹果树占80％。

  There are altogether 5,000 trees in the orchard, 80% of which are apple trees.

• 要占的时间超出他能抽出的时间。

  It was taking up more time than he could afford.

• 李那占了整整一大幅的告别致辞。

  A broadside of Lee's farewell address.

• 共占两行的广告词（或对话等）。

  Two-liner.

• 阿特利在这些辩论中占了上风。

  Attlee had the better of these exchanges.