并存 (bìng cún) — to coexist; to exist simultaneously | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to coexistto exist simultaneously

Examples

并存。
Zhè liǎng zhǒng wén huà kě yǐ bìng cún.
These two cultures can coexist.
并存。
Bù tóng de yì jiàn zài zhè ge huì yì shàng bìng cún.
Different opinions coexist at this meeting.
并存。
Chuán tǒng yǔ xiàn dài bìng cún fā zhǎn.
Tradition and modernity coexist and develop.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

并bìngtogether

并 (together) with 存 (exist) gives the idea of existing at the same time.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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HSK 2.0 Level 6 Abstract Concepts

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