占卜 zhān bǔ ㄓㄢ ㄅㄨˇ zim1 buk1 HSK 7-9
- to divine
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占
- 占据 佔據 zhàn jù ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ zim3 geoi3 to occupy; to hold
- 占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu ㄓㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ zim3 jau5 to have
- 占用 佔用 zhàn yòng ㄓㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ zim3 jung6 to occupy
- 占领 佔領 zhàn lǐng ㄓㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ zim3 ling5 to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- 侵占 侵佔 qīn zhàn ㄑㄧㄣ ㄓㄢˋ cam1 zim3 to invade and occupy (territory)
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- 强占 強佔 qiáng zhàn ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄢˋ koeng4 zim3 to occupy by force
- 独占 獨占 dú zhàn ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ duk6 zim1 to have all to oneself; to monopolize
- 霸占 霸佔 bà zhàn ㄅㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ baa3 zim3 to occupy by force
- 占中 佔中 Zhàn Zhōng ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ zim3 zung1 Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
- 占先 佔先 zhàn xiān ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢ zim3 sin1 to take precedence
- 占去 佔去 zhàn qù ㄓㄢˋ ㄑㄩˋ to take up (one's time etc)
- 占压 佔壓 zhàn yā ㄓㄢˋ ㄧㄚ to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
- 占比 佔比 zhàn bǐ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄧˇ variant of 占比
- 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ zim3 sin3 busy (telephone line)
- 卜占 bǔ zhān ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄢ buk1 zim1 to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
- 占优 占優 zhàn yōu ㄓㄢˋ ㄧㄡ zim1 jau1 to dominate
- 占地 zhàn dì ㄓㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ zim3 dei6 to take up space
- 占城 Zhān chéng ㄓㄢ ㄔㄥˊ zim1 sing4 see 占婆
- 占婆 Zhān pó ㄓㄢ ㄆㄛˊ zim1 po4 Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam
- 占族 Zhān zú ㄓㄢ ㄗㄨˊ zim1 zuk6 Cham ethnic group
卜
- 萝卜 蘿蔔 luó bo ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ lo4 baak6 radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon
- 卜占 bǔ zhān ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄢ buk1 zim1 to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
- 卜卦 bǔ guà ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ buk1 gwaa3 to divine using the eight trigrams
- 卜问 卜問 bǔ wèn ㄅㄨˇ ㄨㄣˋ buk1 man6 to predict by divining; to consult the oracle
- 卜宅 bǔ zhái ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄞˊ buk1 zaak6 to choose a capital by divination
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- 卜居 bǔ jū ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄩ buk1 geoi1 to choose a home
- 卜征 bǔ zhēng ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄥ buk1 zing1 to ask oracle for war forecast
- 卜甲 bǔ jiǎ ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ buk1 gaap3 oracle tortoise shell
- 卜筮 bǔ shì ㄅㄨˇ ㄕˋ buk1 sai6 divination
- 卜课 卜課 bǔ kè ㄅㄨˇ ㄎㄜˋ buk1 fo3 to divine by tossing coins
- 卜辞 卜辭 bǔ cí ㄅㄨˇ ㄘˊ buk1 ci4 oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
- 卜骨 bǔ gǔ ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ buk1 gwat1 oracle bone
- 威卜 wēi bǔ ㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˇ wai1 baak6 vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
- 未卜 wèi bǔ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ mei6 buk1 (literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
- 枚卜 méi bǔ ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄨˇ mui4 buk1 to choose officials by divination (archaic)
- 卖卜 賣卜 mài bǔ ㄇㄞˋ ㄅㄨˇ maai6 buk1 to do trade as a fortune teller
- 医卜 醫卜 yī bǔ ㄧ ㄅㄨˇ ji1 buk1 medicine and divination
- 预卜 預卜 yù bǔ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˇ jyu6 buk1 to foretell; to predict
- 卜卜米 Bo bo mǐ ˙ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄇㄧˇ buk1 buk1 mai5 Rice Krispies
- 大萝卜 大蘿蔔 dà luó bo ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ see 白萝卜
Idioms with these characters
- 多吃多占 多吃多佔 duō chī duō zhàn ㄉㄨㄛ ㄔ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄢˋ do1 hek3 do1 zim3 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
- 独占鳌头 獨占鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (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
- 鹊巢鸠占 鵲巢鳩占 què cháo jiū zhàn ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
Example sentences
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从前 從前 有 个 個 占卜 师 師 告诉 告訴 哥伦布 哥倫布 他 将来 將來 会 會 成名 。 哥伦布 哥倫布 听到 聽到 了 ， 就 生气 生氣 地 要求 退钱 退錢 ：「 这么 這麼 简单 簡單 的 事实 事實 ， 就 连 連 三 岁 歲 小孩 也 懂 ！」
A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
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