Chinese Word: 存 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

存HSK 4

Pinyin: cún

English Definition: to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

Chinese Definition:
①东西在那里，人活着：存在。存亡。生存。
②保留，留下：保存。留存。存照。存疑。去伪存真。
③寄放：寄存。
④停聚：存水。
⑤怀有，怀着：存心。不存任何奢望。
⑥亡去取。

Antonyms: 亡取

Total strokes: 6; Radical: 子

Pictophonetic: 才 indicates the sound; 子 (seed) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 才 [ cái ] ability, talent, gift; just, only
- 子 [ zi ] son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Similar Characters: 荏

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存在	cún zài	to exist; to be; existence	HSK 5
生存	shēng cún	to exist; to survive	HSK 6
保存	bǎo cún	to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing)	HSK 5
存款	cún kuǎn	to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit
储存	chǔ cún	stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage	HSK 6

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1		nǐ 你 zěn 怎 me 么 néng 能 cún 存 xià 下 gèng 更 duō 多 de 的 qián 钱？ How can you save more money?
2		tā 他 yǒu shén 有什 me 么 shuō 说 shén 什 me 么， dǔ zi 肚子 lǐ 里 cún 存 bù 不 zhù 住 huà 话。 He always says what he thinks; he can't hold anything back.
3		mā mā 妈妈 xǐ huān 喜欢 zài 在 jiā 家 cún 存 yī xiē 一些 yào 药 yǐ 以 bèi 备 xū yào 需要 shí 时 yòng 用。 Mother like to keep some medicine at home in case she needs it.
4		yī xià yǔ 一下雨， wā dì 洼地 lǐ 里 jiù 就 cún 存 le 了 hǎo xiē 好些 shuǐ 水。 Whenever it rains, a lot of water accumulates in the low-lying land.
5		dào 到 le 了 sān shí èr 三十二 suì 岁 de 的 shí hòu 时候 tā 她 de 的 xìng shēng huó 性生活 jī hū 几乎 dāng rán 当然 wú 无 cún 存 le 了。 By the time she was thirty-two, her sex life was almost nonexistent.

1		nǐ 你 zěn 怎 me 么 néng 能 cún 存 xià 下 gèng 更 duō 多 de 的 qián 钱？ How can you save more money?
2		tā 他 yǒu shén 有什 me 么 shuō 说 shén 什 me 么， dǔ zi 肚子 lǐ 里 cún 存 bù 不 zhù 住 huà 话。 He always says what he thinks; he can't hold anything back.
3		mā mā 妈妈 xǐ huān 喜欢 zài 在 jiā 家 cún 存 yī xiē 一些 yào 药 yǐ 以 bèi 备 xū yào 需要 shí 时 yòng 用。 Mother like to keep some medicine at home in case she needs it.
4		yī xià yǔ 一下雨， wā dì 洼地 lǐ 里 jiù 就 cún 存 le 了 hǎo xiē 好些 shuǐ 水。 Whenever it rains, a lot of water accumulates in the low-lying land.
5		dào 到 le 了 sān shí èr 三十二 suì 岁 de 的 shí hòu 时候 tā 她 de 的 xìng shēng huó 性生活 jī hū 几乎 dāng rán 当然 wú 无 cún 存 le 了。 By the time she was thirty-two, her sex life was almost nonexistent.