存 (cún) means Saves (exist - store). Below are 24 of the 29 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想把钱 存 进银行。
Wǒ xiǎng bǎ qián cún jìn yínháng.
I want to deposit the money in the bank.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 存
这些照片都 存 在电脑里。
Zhèxiē zhàopiàn dōu cún zài diànnǎo lǐ.
These photos are all stored on the computer.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 存
这个问题确实 存 在。
Zhège wèntí quèshí cúnzài.
This problem really does exist.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 存在
这笔钱 存 的是定期。
Zhè bǐ qián cún de shì dìngqī.
This money is in a fixed-term deposit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 定期
电脑会自动保 存 文件。
Diànnǎo huì zìdòng bǎocún wénjiàn.
The computer saves the file automatically.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自动
任何仪器都 存 在误差。
Rènhé yíqì dōu cúnzài wùchā.
Every instrument has some margin of error.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 误差
这些照片保 存 得很完整。
Zhèxiē zhàopiàn bǎocún de hěn wánzhěng.
These photographs have been preserved intact.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 保存
我们之间 存 在一些误会。
Wǒmen zhījiān cúnzài yìxiē wùhuì.
There are some misunderstandings between us.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 存在
他们把粮食 存 在仓库里。
Tāmen bǎ liángshi cún zài cāngkù lǐ.
They store the grain in the warehouse.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 粮食
他对这个行业 存 在偏见。
Tā duì zhège hángyè cúnzài piānjiàn.
He holds a prejudice against this industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 偏见
他把压岁钱都 存 了起来。
Tā bǎ yāsuìqián dōu cún le qǐlái.
He saved up all his new-year money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压岁钱
两国之间 存 在领土争端。
Liǎng guó zhījiān cúnzài lǐngtǔ zhēngduān.
There is a territorial dispute between the two countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 争端
这个问题 存 在很大争议。
Zhège wèntí cúnzài hěn dà zhēngyì.
There is considerable controversy over this question.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 争议
他的个人档案保 存 在学校。
Tā de gèrén dàng'àn bǎocún zài xuéxiào.
His personal file is kept at the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 档案
这个联盟已经 存 在了十年。
Zhège liánméng yǐjīng cúnzài le shí nián.
This alliance has existed for ten years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 联盟
这个设计 存 在明显的缺陷。
Zhège shèjì cúnzài míngxiǎn de quēxiàn.
There is an obvious flaw in this design.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缺陷
这种植物能在沙漠中生 存 。
Zhè zhǒng zhíwù néng zài shāmò zhōng shēngcún.
This plant can survive in the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生存
他们努力寻找生 存 的机会。
Tāmen nǔlì xúnzhǎo shēngcún de jīhuì.
They struggled to find a chance of survival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生存
药物要在特定条件下保 存 。
Yàowù yào zài tèdìng tiáojiàn xià bǎocún.
Medicines must be stored under specific conditions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 特定
地窖里储 存 着一冬天的白菜。
Dìjiào lǐ chǔcúnzhe yì dōngtiān de báicài.
A winter's worth of cabbage is stored in the cellar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 储存
食品要密封保 存 才不容易坏。
Shípǐn yào mìfēng bǎocún cái bù róngyì huài.
Food keeps better when stored sealed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 密封
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From the travel phrasebook
存 appears in 29 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 存
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Questions about 存
How is 存 used in a sentence?
This page shows 29 sentences using 存 (cún, "Saves (exist - store)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 存 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 存 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 存 an HSK word?
Yes — 存 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 存?
The dictionary page for 存 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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