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寄存 (jì cún) — to deposit (items, luggage) for safekeeping; to leave (something) with someone; to check (baggage)

Definition

寄存 means to leave something with someone for safekeeping — your luggage at a station, valuables at a hotel desk. Unlike 存, it focuses on the temporary handover to a person or place, not storing data or money in an account.

verb
to deposit (items, luggage) for safekeepingto leave (something) with someoneto check (baggage)

Examples

  • 寄存。
    Wǒ bǎ xíng li jì cún zài huǒ chē zhàn.
    I checked my luggage at the train station.
  • 寄存。
    Nǐ kě yǐ bǎ guì zhòng wù pǐn jì cún zài qián tái.
    You can leave your valuables at the front desk for safekeeping.
  • 寄存。
    Zhè jiā diàn kě yǐ jì cún bāo guǒ.
    This shop can hold packages for you temporarily.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

寄jìentrust
存cúnstore

Entrust and store combine to mean leave something for safekeeping.

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
宀宀miánhouse
Sound part声符shēngfú
奇
奇qí寄jì
Same sound today

The 宀 part shows a roof, and 奇 gives the sound. Together they point to staying or lodging away from home.

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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.

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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