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存储 (cún chǔ) — to store; to stockpile

Definition

存储 is the standard, technical/IT term for storing data or files (e.g. on a computer). 储存 is a near-synonym more common for physical stockpiling of goods or food.

verb
to storeto stockpile

Examples

  • 存储。
    Qǐng bǎ wén jiàn cún chǔ dào diàn nǎo lǐ.
    Please store the file on the computer.
  • 存储。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng kě yǐ cún chǔ hěn duō xìn xī.
    This system can store a lot of information.
  • 存储。
    Tā men zài dōng tiān zhī qián cún chǔ shí wù.
    They store food before winter.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

存cúnkeep
储chǔstore

存 'keep' and 储 'store' are parallel actions, together meaning to keep something for use.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
才
才cái存cún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

存 pairs 子 with 才, which was used for the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 儲; 储 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
諸
諸zhū儲chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 儲 uses 人 as a person part and 諸 for sound. This describes 儲, not the simplified 储.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6Abstract ConceptsComputers & Internet

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