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存

cún

HSK 5 Character

What 存 means

1. to exist
2. to deposit
3. to store
4. to keep
5. to survive

Example sentences

• 存在吗？
  Does it exist?
• 上帝存在。
  God exists.
• 爱不存在。
  Love doesn't exist.
• 他不存在。
  He doesn't exist.
• 爱存在吗？
  Does love exist?
• 他会幸存。
  He will survive.

Words starting with 存

• 存在cún zàito exist; to be; existence
• 存款cún kuǎnto deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit
• 存储cún chǔto store up; to stockpile; (computer) to save
• 存放cún fàngto deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care
• 存折cún zhépassbook; bankbook
• 存档cún dàngto archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc)
• 存心cún xīndeliberately
• 存有cún yǒuto hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings)
• 存活cún huóto survive (a serious accident); survival
• 存货cún huòstock; inventory (of material)
• 存入cún rùto deposit (e.g. in a bank account)
• 存钱cún qiánto deposit money; to save money
• 存取cún qǔto store and retrieve (money, belongings etc); (computing) to access (data)
• 存留cún liúremaining; extant
• 存亡cún wángto live or die; to exist or perish
• 存单cún dāncertificate of deposit
• 存量cún liàngreserves
• 存储器cún chǔ qìmemory (computing)
• 存疑cún yíto leave a question open; to hold doubts; to be skeptical
• 存户cún hùdepositor (in bank or shares)
• 存根cún gēnstub
• 存续cún xùto continue to exist
• 存在感cún zài gǎnsense of presence; sense of existence
• 存款人cún kuǎn réndepositor

Words containing 存

• 保存bǎo cúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
• 生存shēng cúnto exist; to survive
• 储存chǔ cúnstockpile; to store; to stockpile
• 并存bìng cúnto exist at the same time; to coexist
• 内存nèi cúninternal storage; computer memory; random access memory (RAM)
• 库存kù cúnproperty or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory
• 现存xiàn cúnextant; existent; in stock
• 共存gòng cúnto coexist
• 幸存者xìng cún zhěsurvivor
• 残存cán cúnto survive; remnant
• 温存wēn cúntender; affectionate; tenderness
• 寄存jì cúnto deposit; to store; to leave sth with sb
• 荡然无存dàng rán wú cúnto obliterate completely; to vanish from the face of the earth
• 幸存xìng cúnto survive (a disaster)
• 留存liú cúnto keep; to preserve; extant
• 尚存shàng cúnstill remains; still exists; still has
• 封存fēng cúnto sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping); to freeze (an account)
• 永存yǒng cúneverlasting; to endure forever
• 依存yī cúnto depend on sth for existence; dependent on
• 贮存zhù cúnto store; to deposit
• 遗存yí cúnhistorical remains; things that have survived since ancient times…
• 长存cháng cúnto last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever
• 生死存亡shēng sǐ cún wángmatter of life and death
• 积存jī cúnto stockpile

Characters that look like 存

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
• 乔qiáotall
• 冉rǎnedge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉

Sounds the same

Read cún, tone for tone, but written differently.

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