占
线

Busy (telephone line) in Chinese: 占线 (zhàn xiàn)

zhàn xiàn

busy (telephone line)

HSK 5Traditional: 佔線1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1busy (telephone line)

Stroke order

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占
线

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄢˋ

zhàn

ㄓ/ zhㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄢˋ

xiàn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

占线

Simplified

佔線

Traditional

Example sentences

See 占线 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 可惜电话占线。

    kě xī diàn huà zhàn xiàn。

    The number is unfortunately busy.

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Related words

占

zhàn

to take possession of

线

xiàn

thread

路线

lù xiàn

itinerary

光线

guāng xiàn

light ray

线索

xiàn suǒ

trail

占领

zhàn lǐng

to capture

占有

zhàn yǒu

to have

直线

zhí xiàn

straight line

热线

rè xiàn

hotline (communications link)

线路

xiàn lù

(electricity) line

占据

zhàn jù

to occupy

霸占

bà zhàn

to occupy by force

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