HSK 3 · Situations & Conditions

存在

cún zài

to exist

Stroke order of 存在

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

存 · 6 strokes 在 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

A child 子 under a talent 才 stays on the earth 土, so exists.

Parts: 存: 才 + 子 child; 在: 才 + 土 earth

The characters in 存在

存 cún — to store; to deposit (6 strokes)
在 zài — at; in; to be (located) (6 strokes)

Example sentence

你相信外星人存在吗？

Do you believe aliens exist?

Words with 存

存to store; to deposit 保存to keep; to save 生存to survive

Words with 在

现在now 在家to be at home 在at; in; to be (located)正在in the middle of (doing)实在really; honestly

More words: Situations & Conditions

情况situation 状况condition; state 状态state; condition 环ring; link 场合occasion 过程process 现象phenomenon 现实reality; realistic 事实fact 事实上in fact 实际上actually; in fact 真实real; true 生存to survive 命运fate; destiny 人生life 日常daily; everyday

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