Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 占

to observe
to divine

variant of 占 (zhàn)

to take possession of
to occupy
to take up

to take up (one's time etc)
to occupy (one's attention etc)
to account for (a proportion of sth)

to take up space
to occupy (space)

to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)

to invade and occupy (territory)

Cham ethnic group

Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)

to muscle in; to take possession; to occupy; to squat

to seize (the strategic high ground)

to seize control of (an enemy position)
(fig.) to take by storm
to gain (awards, control of a market etc)

busy (telephone line)

to divine by astrology
horoscope

to monopolize
to control
to dominate

(dialect) merchant (loanword)

to take precedence

proportion; percentage

to occupy by force
to seize
to dominate

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

to fill
to occupy completely

to dominate
dominant

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

to occupy; to hold

to divine

to have
to own
to hold
to occupy
to possess
to account for (a high proportion etc)

Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

to occupy by force

to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

to misappropriate

to occupy

advantageous
favorable
to benefit at others' expense
to take unfair advantage

to take up space

to predominate
to occupy a dominant position

market share
abbr. for 市場佔有率／市场占有率

zhànshàngfēng

to take the lead
to gain the upper hand

enemy occupied territory

to take up space

Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)

astrology

astrologer

Byzantium
Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)

occupant

astrology

(computing) placeholder

astrologer

to be at a disadvantage

zhànwéijǐyǒu

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

zhàndìmiànji

floor area
occupied area
footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)

dúzhàn'áotóu

to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand)
to be the champion
to be the very best in any field

fǎnhuánzhànyǒu

repossession

quècháojiūzhàn

the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
to reap where one has not sown

duōchīduōzhàn

taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish

shìchǎngzhànyǒulü

市场占有率

[市場佔有率]

market share

zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ

占着茅坑不拉屎

[占著茅坑不拉屎]

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
fig. to be a dog in the manger