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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

存 [cún]
  1. 1. verb [存在] exist
  2. 2. verb [储存] store
  3. 3. verb [储蓄] save
  4. 4. verb [寄存] check … in
    存行李
    check in one's bags
  5. 5. verb [保留] retain
  6. 6. verb [结存] be leftover
    3年后公司净结存为零。
    After three years the company was left with nothing.
  7. 7. verb [心里怀着] harbour (英)
  8. 8. verb [心里怀着] harbor (美)

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

存 [cún]
  1. 1. verb exist; live; survive
    父母俱存。
    Both parents are still living.
    他侥幸地在地震中生存下来。
  2. 2. verb store; keep
    存粮
    store up grain
    新水库存了大量的水。
    A large quantity of water is stored in the new reservoir.
    天气热，西红柿存不住。
    Tomatoes won't keep in hot weather.
    动物们开始存种子了。
    农民存了很多蔬菜。
    冰棍在常温下存不了多久。
  3. 3. verb accumulate; collect
    一下雨，洼地里就存了好些水。
    Whenever it rains, a lot of water accumulates in the low-lying land.
    我最近没能存下钱。
  4. 4. verb deposit
    把钱存在银行里
    deposit money in a bank
    他昨天去银行存了钱。
  5. 5. verb leave with; check
    行李先存在这里，回头再来取。
    Let's check our luggage here and come back for it later.
    存自行车
    leave one's bicycle in a bicycle park
    我把东西存你这儿。
    她去存包了。
  6. 6. verb reserve; retain
    他有什么说什么，肚子里存不住话。
    He always says what he thinks; he can't hold anything back.
  7. 7. verb remain on balance; be in stock
    收支相抵，净存两千元。
    The accounts show a surplus of 2,000 yuan.
    这种面料还有多少库存？
  8. 8. verb cherish; harbour
    存着很大的希望
    cherish high hopes
    不存幻想
    harbour no illusions
    我现在还心存顾虑。
    我对他不存任何期望了。
    他老是心存侥幸。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

存 [cún]
  1. 1. 动 存在;活着
    海内存知己,天涯若比邻
    共存
    一息尚存
    生存
  2. 2. 动 安顿;保全
    存身
  3. 3. 动 积聚;储藏
    雨后路面上存了不少水
    仓库里存着很多粮食
  4. 4. 动 特指储蓄
    到银行存钱
    存款
  5. 5. 动 寄放
    把行李存在车站
    寄存
  6. 6. 动 记在心里;心里怀着
    不存幻想
    存心不良
  7. 7. 动 保留;存留
    去伪存真
    存档
    存根
  8. 8. 名 存留的部分
    库存
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Examples

一下雨，洼地里就存了好些水。
Whenever it rains, a lot of water accumulates in the low-lying land. → 存
存自行车
leave one's bicycle in a bicycle park → 存
他有什么说什么，肚子里存不住话。
He always says what he thinks; he can't hold anything back. → 存
存着很大的希望
cherish high hopes → 存
他说这番话，不知存着什么心。
It's hard to say what his intentions were in saying that. → 存心
存起来
store away → 起来
还有存的料子贴补着用，现在先不买。
Make do with the piece of cloth we've got on hand. You don't have to buy something new. → 贴补
有时自己存了些零花钱还可以去买点蹦豆儿啦、枣啦、沙果啦什么的。 → 蹦豆儿
动物们开始存种子了。 → 存
农民存了很多蔬菜。 → 存
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Character Decomposition


 + 丨
[gǔn,shù]		 + 子
[zǐ]

Stroke Order

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