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占有 (zhàn yǒu) — to own, to possess (property, resources, a position); to occupy, to account for (a proportion, time, space)

Definition

占有 covers both 'to own/possess' and 'to occupy/take up' (time, space, share). 拥有 is more formal for possessing; 占据 focuses on physically occupying a place.

verb
to ownto possess (property, resources, a position)to occupyto account for (a proportion, time, space)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 占有。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhàn yǒu le quán qiú shì chǎng de yí bàn fèn é.
    This company accounts for half of the global market share.
  • 占有。
    Tā zài gōng sī lǐ zhàn yǒu zhòng yào de lǐng dǎo dì wèi.
    He holds an important leadership position in the company.
  • 占有。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù zhàn yǒu le wǒ men dà liàng de shí jiān hé jīng lì.
    This project takes up a lot of our time and energy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

占zhàntake
有yǒuhave

占 'take' and 有 'have' combine to mean possessing or holding something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 佔; 占 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn佔zhàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 佔 has a person part 亻 and a sound part 占; the simplified 占 is a later abbreviation.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Abstract Concepts

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