# 占 (zhàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 占 (zhàn) means “to take possession of; to occupy; to take up”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- Pinyin: zhàn (zhan4)
- Traditional: 佔
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Other readings: zhān — to observe; to divine

## Examples

- 这张大桌子占了半边房间。
  Zhè zhāng dà zhuōzi zhàn le bànbiān fángjiān.
  This big table takes up half the room.

https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-take-possession/

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