占
用

To occupy in Chinese: 占用 (zhàn yòng)

zhàn yòng

to occupy

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 佔用1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to occupy

Stroke order

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占
用

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄢˋ

zhàn

ㄓ/ zhㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩㄥˋ

yòng

ㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

占用

Simplified

佔用

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这件事占用了我很多时间。

    zhè jiàn shì zhàn yòng le wǒ hěn duō shí jiān。

    This matter took up a lot of my time.

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Related words

用

yòng

to use

占

zhàn

to take possession of

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

使用

shǐ yòng

to use

费用

fèi yòng

cost

利用

lì yòng

to exploit

实用

shí yòng

practical

应用

yìng yòng

to put to use

用途

yòng tú

use

运用

yùn yòng

to use

占线

zhàn xiàn

busy (telephone line)

不用

bù yòng

need not

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