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The character "站" is structured with the semantic component 立, meaning "to stand", and the phonetic component 占. Its original sense referred to the act of standing or a standing posture, but over time it acquired the meaning of a place where people or vehicles halt, such as a station. This semantic expansion was influenced during the Yuan dynasty through its use for postal relay stations, a concept borrowed from the Mongolian term "jam". In modern usage, "站" commonly denotes stations or stops like train or bus stations, while its verbal meaning remains in certain compounds or expressions.
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他站在门口。
公交车站在那边。
我每天在车站等你。
站起来，别坐着！
这个网站很有用。
地铁站里人很多。
他在火车站工作了十年。
请站在安全线以内。