存档 (cún dàng) — to file (a document); to save (a file) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

存档 (cún dàng) is a separable verb meaning 'to file / to archive' a document or digital file. The 档 acts as a noun (a file/record), so the verb 存 and the object 档 can split apart with aspect markers or measure words, as in 存一次档.

verb

to file (a document)to save (a file)

Examples

存档。
Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn hé tong cún dàng.
Please file this contract.
，。
Wǒ yǐ jīng cún le dàng, nǐ kě yǐ fàng xīn le.
I've already filed it, you can rest assured.
。
Zhè ge wén jiàn xū yào cún yí cì dàng.
This file needs to be archived once.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

存 means store and 档 means file, together giving save a file.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檔; 档 is its simplified writing.

木當檔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

當

當dāng檔dàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 檔 pairs 木, a tree, with 當 as the sound part. The simplified 档 is an abbreviation of 檔.

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