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存在

cún zài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

存在 (cún zài) means "to exist". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 存在 means

1. to exist
2. to be
3. existence

The characters in 存在

• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…

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?
• 黑洞存在吗？
  Hēidòng cúnzài ma?
  Do black holes exist?

Words starting with 存在

• 存在感cún zài gǎnsense of presence; sense of existence
• 存在主义cún zài zhǔ yìexistentialism

Where 存在 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical States & Materials (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cún zài correctly.
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