占 zhān

1. zhān verb to divine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially by cracks in heated turtle shells but also by interpretation of dreams and other signs (ABC 'zhān' 占, p. 1236; FE '占' zhān 1, p. 169; Guoyu '占' zhān v 1; Kroll 2015 '占' zhān 1; Mathews 1931 '占', p. 13; NCCED '占' 1, p. 2049; Unihan '占')
2. zhān verb to observe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 观察 (FE '占' zhān 2, p. 169; Guoyu '占' zhān v 2; Unihan '占')
3. zhàn verb to versify
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '占')
4. zhān proper noun Champa
   Domain: History 历史 , Concept: Country 国
   Notes: As in 占婆 (Kroll 2015 '占' zhān 2)
5. zhàn verb to occupy; to take possession of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 据有 (ABC 'zhàn' 占 v 1, p. 1236; FE '占' zhàn, p. 169; Guoyu '占' zhàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '占' zhàn 1; NCCED '占' zhàn 1, p. 2052)
6. zhàn verb to take a stand
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '占' zhàn 2)
7. zhàn verb to instruct orally; to dictate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 口传 (Guoyu '占' zhàn v 3; Kroll 2015 '占' zhàn 3)
8. zhàn verb to report a number
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: To a higher authority (Kroll 2015 '占' zhàn 4)
9. zhàn verb to have; to possess
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 据有 (Guoyu '占' zhàn v 2)
10. zhàn verb to constitute
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 据有 (ABC 'zhàn' 占 v 2, p. 1236; NCCED '占' zhàn 3, p. 2052)
11. zhān proper noun Zhan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (FE '占' zhān 3, p. 169)

Contained in

• 占便宜 advantageous; favorable ; to take advantage
• 占术(占術) the art of divination
• 占领者(佔領者) occupant
• 占验(占驗) fulfillment of a divination ; an image in a divination
• 占候 to foretell based on the weather
• 占有 to take; to seize ; to own ; to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
• 鹊巢鸠占(鵲巢鳩占) the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it; to reap where one has not sown
• 占候吉凶 to predict good or evil based on the weather
• 占优势(占優勢) to hold a dominant position ; to predominate; to occupy a dominant position
• 占风铎(占風鐸) jade chimes
• 占地面积(占地面積) floor area; occupied area; footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
• 占梦(占夢) to divine based on dreams
• 占卜 to divine
• 占卦 to divine using trigrams
• 占满(占滿) to fill; to occupy completely
• 占优(占優) dominance
• 占哀占乐(占哀占樂) alternating sadness and happiness
• 攻占 to occupy; to seize control
• 占断(占斷) to decide by divination ; total occupation
• 占星学(占星學) astrology
• 占口卦 to foretell based on what one hears
• 占象 astrology
• 占据(占據) to sieze; to capture
• 多吃多占(多吃多佔) taking or eating more than one's due; greedy and selfish
• 贪占(貪占) to misappropriate
• 占为己有(佔為己有) to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
• 占灯花(占燈花) to divine from a lamp
• 占断吉凶(占斷吉凶) to decide good or bad fortune by divination
• 占领(占領) to occupy ; to occupy; to hold
• 占算 to foretell
• 占年 to divine the next year
• 占着茅坑不拉屎(占著茅坑不拉屎) to occupy a latrine but not shit; to be a dog in the manger
• 独占(獨佔) to monopolize ; to monopolize; to take sole possession
• 占线(佔線) busy (telephone line)
• 占应(占應) to fulfill a divination
• 独占鼇头(獨占鼇頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 占下风(佔下風) to be at a disadvantage
• 占有权(占有權) possession rights
• 占用 to occupy; to intrude upon
• 占课(占課) divination
• 侵占 to invade and occupy; to take illegally; to seize
• 占星 to divine by astrology or horoscope
• 占族(佔族) Cham ethnic group
• 鼇头独占(鼇頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 鳌头独占(鰲頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 占鳌头(占鰲頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations

Also contained in

占碑 、 苏占区 、 占位符 、 敌占区 、 占不劳

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Truncated for common words

• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 368
• 卷二十四 志第十四 天文二 Volume 24 Treatises 14: Astronomy 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 206
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 176
• 卷二十五 志第十五 天文三 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Astronomy 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 175
• 卷105之二 天象志一之二 Volume 105b Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 148
• 卷二十六 志第十六 天文四 Volume 26 Treatises 16: Astronomy 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 146
• 卷105之三 天象志一之三 Volume 105c Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 136
• 卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 125
• 卷三十三　　　　志第二十三　　天文三 Volume 33 Treatises 27: Astronomy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 121
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 111

Collocations

• 占病 (占病) 以占病 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners — count: 16
• 占曰 (占曰) 占曰 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 11
• 人占 (人占) 三人占 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 6
• 占病者 (占病者) 以占病者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners — count: 5
• 占龟 (占龜) 掌占龜 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
• 旅占 (旅占) 旅占 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 3
• 廖占 (廖占) 辛廖占之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3
• 衡占 (衡占) 如衡占 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 2
• 内占 (內占) 千里內占 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 2
• 史占 (史占) 史占墨 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 2