take up in Chinese

占

HSK 3.0 · Level 2

zhàn

to take possession of
to occupy
to take up

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Example sentences

zhè 这 zhāng 张 shāfā 沙发 zhàn 占 le 了 tài 太 duō 多 kōngjiān 空间。

This sofa takes up too much space.
tā 她 gàosu 告诉 le 了 tā 他 zìjǐ 自己 xiāngxìn 相信 zhān 占 xīngshù 星术。

She told him that she believed in astrology.

Other words for take up

占去（佔去） zhànqù

to take up (one's time etc); to occupy (one's attention etc); to account for (a proportion of sth)

2 entries in ChineseDict list "take up" as a meaning.