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

1		wǒ 我 qù 去 yín háng 银行 cún qián 存钱。 I go to the bank to deposit money.
2		wǒ 我 xū yào 需要 qù 去 yín háng 银行 cún qián 存钱。 I need to go to the bank to deposit money.
3		zhè xiē 这些 zī liào 资料 gāi 该 cún 存 nǎ lǐ 哪里？ Where should we store this data?
4		máo dùn 矛盾 shì 是 pǔ biàn 普遍 cún zài 存在 de 的。 Contradiction is universal.
5		yú 鱼 xū yào 需要 shuǐ 水 cái néng 才能 shēng cún 生存。 Fish need water to survive.

1		wǒ 我 qù 去 yín háng 银行 cún qián 存钱。 I go to the bank to deposit money.
2		wǒ 我 xū yào 需要 qù 去 yín háng 银行 cún qián 存钱。 I need to go to the bank to deposit money.
3		zhè xiē 这些 zī liào 资料 gāi 该 cún 存 nǎ lǐ 哪里？ Where should we store this data?
4		máo dùn 矛盾 shì 是 pǔ biàn 普遍 cún zài 存在 de 的。 Contradiction is universal.
5		yú 鱼 xū yào 需要 shuǐ 水 cái néng 才能 shēng cún 生存。 Fish need water to survive.