Definition
存 (cún) means 'to deposit' money or 'to store' items — it is more general than 存放 (cúnfàng, leave with someone for safekeeping) or 储存 (chǔcún, stockpile). It also means 'to exist/survive over time', contrasting with 在 (zài, simply be located/exist) and 存在 (cúnzài, a more formal, static existence).
verb
to deposit (money in a bank)to storeto keep (data, food, items)to existto survive
Easily confused
- 字zìlook-alikecharacter (Chinese character)
- 村cūnsound-alikevillage
- 孔kǒnglook-alikehole
- 寸cùnsound-alike(classifier) Chinese inch (approx. 3.33 cm, 1/10 of a Chinese foot)
- 籽zǐlook-alikeseed (of a plant)
Examples
- 存。Wǒ dǎsuàn měi gè yuè cún yì qiān kuài qián.I plan to deposit a thousand yuan every month.
- 。Bǎ shèng xià de cài cún zài bīngxiāng lǐ ba.Put the leftover food in the fridge.
- 。Zhège chuántǒng yǐjīng cúnzài le hǎo jǐ bǎi nián.This tradition has existed for several hundred years.
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