Chinese symbol for “capture”
占领
zhàn lǐng
Traditional: 佔領
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
The closest CC-CEDICT match for capture is 占领 (zhàn lǐng), defined as: to capture; to seize; to occupy by force.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “capture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 攻克 | gōng kè | to capture; to take |
| 擒 | qín | to capture |
| 攻陷 | gōng xiàn | to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force |
| 掳 (擄) | lǔ | (bound form) to capture (sb) |
| 缴获 (繳獲) | jiǎo huò | to capture; to seize |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 占领.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占据 (佔據) | zhàn jù | to occupy; to hold |
| 占有 (佔有) | zhàn yǒu | to have; to own |
| 占用 (佔用) | zhàn yòng | to occupy |
| 侵占 (侵佔) | qīn zhàn | to invade and occupy (territory) |
| 占地 | zhàn dì | to take up space; to occupy (space) |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
See also: Japanese symbol for “capture”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.