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占线 zhànxiàn

占线 zhànxiàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 占线 zhànxiàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhànxiàn | zhan4 xian4
English translation
busy (telephone line)

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Traditional form

佔線

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì
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Etymology of 占线 zhànxiàn

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zhàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

In ancient China fortune-tellers made cracks ( bo ) and holes ( kǒu ) in turtle shells for the purpose of divination.

Positional decomposition

⺊口

Number of Strokes

5
线 xiàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of xiàn .

Phonetic compound

jiān

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

纟戋

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 占线 zhànxiàn

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yīn 电话 diàn huà 占线 zhànxiàn , méi Néng 挂通 de 电话 diàn huà .

I couldn't get him as the line was engaged.

占线 zhànxiàn Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 占线 zhànxiàn and their own compounds.

占线 zhànxiàn Compounds

See all 62 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 占线 zhànxiàn in their composition.

  • zhàn
    • diàn
    • cān
    • zhān
      • , zhān
    • tiē
    • càn
      • càn , càn , , , ,
    • diǎn
    • diǎn , zhàn , zhàn , zuàn , tiē , nián , nián , diàn , zhān , zhēn , niān , , nián , shān , , tiè , diàn , diǎn , tiē , diàn , diān , diàn , rán , chān , , dié , zhēn , , zhǎn , zhàn , , , , , , , , , , chān , tiē , , , , , , zhǎn , tiān
  • 线 xiàn
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