侵占

• 拼音: qīn zhàn
• 汉字拆解: 侵 = 亻+ 帚 + 又 (to encroach step by step); 占 = 卜 + 口 (a divining rod and mouth — to claim, to take possession)

含义

To encroach upon and occupy; to illegally seize and hold land, property, or territory belonging to another.

Used in legal, political, and historical contexts. Can refer to illegal occupation of land (侵占土地), misappropriation of public funds (侵占公款), or military seizure of territory. Distinguished from 占领 (to occupy — often used for legitimate military occupation) in that 侵占 always carries a connotation of illegality or wrongfulness.

例句

1. 开发商被举报违规侵占农业保护用地，相关部门已对其立案调查。
2. 该官员被指控利用职务之便侵占公款，案值超过百万元，已被移送检察院审查起诉。
3. 国际社会强烈谴责该国军队侵占邻国领土的行为，要求立即撤回部队并恢复原有边界。

用法指南

语境: law, politics, real estate

语气: negative

正确说法

• 调查结果显示，涉事企业多年来持续侵占周边农村集体土地用于商业开发，规避了应缴纳的土地出让金，涉嫌违反多项土地管理法规。(The investigation revealed that the company in question had continuously encroached upon and occupied surrounding rural collective land for commercial development over many years, evading the land transfer fees that should have been paid and allegedly violating multiple land management regulations.)
• 检察官指控该名前财务主管在任期间通过伪造账目手段，分批侵占单位公款逾两百万元，用于个人消费及非法投资活动。(The prosecutor charged the former head of finance with using forged accounts during his tenure to misappropriate more than two million yuan of the organisation's public funds in instalments, using the money for personal consumption and illegal investment activities.)

错误说法

• 他侵占了我的时间 — 侵占 is for physical property, land, or funds; for someone monopolising your time say 他占用了我太多时间 (he took up too much of my time) or 他耽误了我的时间 (he wasted my time)

起源与历史

侵 (to encroach/invade) + 占 (to occupy/take possession of) — to encroach upon and take possession

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal