占
zhànzhān HSK2

divine

占 (佔) zhàn frequency
gain or possess verb
to gain, possess, or hold a certain status, advantage, or priority

他在比赛中占了上风。

tā zài bǐ​sài zhōng zhàn le shàng​fēng.

He gained the upper hand in the competition.

占 zhān
divine verb
to practice divination or foretell the future through supernatural means

他想请算命先生占一卦。

tā xiǎng qǐng suàn​mìng xiān​sheng zhān yī guà.

He wants to ask a fortune teller to cast a hexagram for him.

observe verb
to observe celestial phenomena or omens for the purpose of prediction

古人通过观察星象的变化，来占得年成的丰歉。

gǔ​rén tōng​guò guān​chá xīng​xiàng de biàn​huà, lái zhān dé nián​cheng de fēng qiàn.

Ancient people predicted whether the year's harvest would be bountiful or poor by observing changes in the stars.

占 zhàn
account for verb
to constitute, make up, or take up a certain proportion or amount of time or space

这种商品占市场份额的百分之三十。

zhè zhǒng shāng​pǐn zhàn shì​chǎng fèn'é de bǎi fēn​zhī sān​shí.

This product accounts for thirty percent of the market share.

occupy verb
to take possession of or seize a physical space, position, or territory

他占了我的座位。

tā zhàn le wǒ de zuò​wèi.

He took my seat.

Frequency
Character
Written text
737th most common 258.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,425th most common 48.9 per million appears in 24% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.9 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
291.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5360

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)