存 (cún) — to deposit (money in a bank); to store, to keep (data, food, items); to exist, to survive
Definition
存 (cún) means 'to exist / to survive' (transitive: to keep, store, or deposit — money, data, food). In the 'exist' sense it's the transitive verb form of 存在; 在 is locational, not existential. Collocates with 钱 (save/deposit money).
verb
to deposit (money in a bank)to storeto keep (data, food, items)to existto survive
Examples
- 存。Wǒ dǎ suàn měi gè yuè cún yì qiān kuài qián.I plan to deposit a thousand yuan every month.
- 。Bǎ shèng xià de cài cún zài bīng xiāng lǐ ba.Put the leftover food in the fridge.
- 。Zhè ge chuán tǒng yǐ jīng cún zài le hǎo jǐ bǎi nián.This tradition has existed for several hundred years.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
存 pairs 子 with 才, which was used for the sound.
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