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占据 zhànjù

占据 zhànjù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 占据 zhànjù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhànjù | zhan4 ju4
English translation
to occupy
to hold

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Traditional form

佔據

Part of speech

Verb / dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 占据 zhànjù

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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

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌居

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 占据 zhànjù

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Luó mǎ ní yà huá 浆手 kuài sù yǒu lì de 划水 zhànjù le lǐngxiān wèizhi .

The Romanian rowers pulled ahead with fast, powerful strokes.

zhànjù le fángjiān zhōngxīn de wèizhi

He had taken up a position in the centre of the room.

1987 Nián Mài dāng láo zhànjù le zhěnggè 快餐业 xiāo shòu é de 19%。

In 1987, McDonald's captured 19 percent of all fast-food sales.

劳拉· Dài wéi sī quèxìn Néng zài Ōuzhōu 队中 zhànjù yī xí zhī dì

Laura Davies is assured of a place in Europe's team.

jūnduì réngrán shì nán rén zhànjù de zuìhòu bǎo lěi zhī yī

The army is still one of the last male bastions.

占据 zhànjù Decomposition

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

占据 zhànjù Compounds

See all 62 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word zhànjù 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
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