# 占用 (zhànyòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 占用 (zhànyòng) means “to occupy; to take up (space or time)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to occupy; to take up (space or time)
- Pinyin: zhànyòng (zhan4 yong4)
- Traditional: 佔用
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 开会占用了我很多时间。
  Kāihuì zhànyòng le wǒ hěn duō shíjiān.
  Meetings took up most of my time today.

## Characters

- [占](https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-take-possession/) (zhàn): to take possession of; to occupy
- [用](https://hanziro.com/word/yong-use/) (yòng): to use

https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-yong-occupy/

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