Chinese word

占用

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhàn yòng

Meaning

  • verboccupy

Example

这个停车位被别人占用了。zhè ge tíng chē wèi bèi bié rén zhàn yòng le

This parking space is occupied by someone else.

Illustration for 占用 (occupy)

More examples

施工材料临时堆放，占用了人行道。shī gōng cái liào lín shí duī fàng zhàn yòng le rén xíng dào

Construction materials have been temporarily piled up, occupying the sidewalk.

Core concept

A person or thing takes a place, time span, or resource for its own use without necessarily owning it.

Common phrases

  • 占用停车位zhàn yòng tíng chē wèi

    occupy a parking space

  • 占用时间zhàn yòng shí jiān

    occupy time

  • 占用公共资源zhàn yòng gōng gòng zī yuán

    occupy public resources

Similar words

占据zhàn jù: Fills and holds a specific place, position, or area.
占领zhàn lǐng: Takes control of a territory or region through military force.
占有zhàn yǒu: Keeps an object or right as one's own.

Definition in Chinese

在空间、时间或物品上先行占据并用作个人需要，并不必然等同于对该物的所有权。zài kōng jiān shí jiān huò wù pǐn shàng xiān xíng zhàn jù bìng yòng zuò gè rén xū yào bìng bú bì rán děng tóng yú duì gāi wù de suó yǒu quán

Word origin

占用 (zhànyòng, "occupy for use") combines 占 (zhàn, "take or occupy") with 用 (yòng, "use"), linking taking something with putting it to use.

Usage tips

  • In everyday notices, the passive form 被占用 (bèi zhànyòng, "be occupied") often marks a place or facility as unavailable because someone is using it.

Other meanings

  • useverb

Opposites

  • 腾出téng chūvacateverb
  • 空出kòng chūclearverb

Related words

  • 占用率zhàn yòng lǜoccupancy ratenoun
  • 占用者zhàn yòng zhěoccupantnoun
  • 占用费zhàn yòng fèiusage feenoun

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