HSK 5 vocabulary › 存在
存在
存在 in English: to exist; to be
cún zài
to exist; to be
How to pronounce 存在
cún zài (without tone marks: cun zai). cún is a second (rising) tone; zài is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 存在
存 cún
to exist; to deposit; to store
to exist; to deposit; to store
在 zài
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
Example sentences with 存在
| 负责案件的调查员注意到，证人的描述与现场细节存在矛盾。 | from The Silent Witness |
Related words
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present | HSK 1 |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive | HSK 1 |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | just at (that time); right in (that place) | HSK 2 |
| 存 | cún | to exist; to deposit | HSK 4 |
| 实在 | shí zài | really; actually | HSK 4 |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve; to preserve | HSK 5 |
| 在乎 | zài hu | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | HSK 5 |
| 在于 | zài yú | to be in; to lie in | HSK 5 |
| 储存 | chǔ cún | stockpile; to store | HSK 6 |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive | HSK 6 |