存放在 (cún fàng zài) — to store (something) at; to keep in a certain p… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to store (something) atto keep in a certain place

Examples

存放在。
Qǐng bǎ zhòng yào wén jiàn cún fàng zài chōu ti lǐ.
Please store the important documents in the drawer.
存放在。
Zhè xiē zī liào dōu cún fàng zài fú wù qì shàng le.
All these data are stored on the server.
存放在。
Tā bǎ wǒ de xíng li cún fàng zài péng you jiā le.
He stored my luggage at a friend's house.

Origin

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

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.

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

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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

才才cái
士士shì

The early form of 在 used 才 for its sound; a second sound part 士 was added later, and that 士 became the 土 seen in 在.

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