zhàn

variant of 占

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 佔

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这个座位有人占了。

This seat is taken.

会议室被别的组占了吗?

Has another group taken over the meeting room?