占

HSK 5#375 by frequencyradical ⺊

zhàn["v"]

to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

zhān

to observe; to divine

Examples

可惜电话占线。

The number is unfortunately busy.

对不起，这位子是否被人家占了？

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.