存在

Chinese

 
exist; deposit; store
exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad.
(存在)
存 在

Pronunciation


Verb

存在

  1. to exist; to be; to be present
    不存在的東西,我怎麼能夠看得到? [MSC, trad.]
    不存在的东西,我怎么能够看得到? [MSC, simp.]
    Bù cúnzài de dōngxi, wǒ zěnme nénggòu kàn de dào? [Pinyin]
    How can I see that which does not exist?

Synonyms

  • 在 (zài)
  • 存 (cún) (literary, or in compounds)

Noun

存在

  1. (philosophy) existence; being; presence

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
存 在
そん
Grade: 6
ざい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

存(そん)在(ざい) • (sonzai) 

  1. existence
    私(わたし)は神(かみ)の存在(そんざい)を信(しん)じない。
    Watashi wa kami no sonzai o shinjinai.
    I don't believe God exists.
    彼(かれ)の存在(そんざい)は、我々(われわれ)に大(おお)きな助(たす)けとなるでしょう。
    Kare no sonzai wa, wareware ni ōkina tasuke to naru deshō.
    His presence will be a big help to us.
    彼(かれ)はようやく存在(そんざい)を認(みと)められた。
    Kare wa yōyaku sonzai o mitomerareta.
    He finally won recognition.
  2. being; entity
    人間(にんげん)に恐怖(きょうふ)を与(あた)える存在(そんざい)
    ningen ni kyōfu o ataeru sonzai
    a being that strikes fear into the hearts of humans
    欠(か)かせない存在(そんざい)
    kakasenai sonzai
    indispensable thing

Verb

存(そん)在(ざい)する • (sonzai suru) suru (stem 存(そん)在(ざい)し (sonzai shi), past 存(そん)在(ざい)した (sonzai shita))

  1. exist
    神(かみ)が存在(そんざい)するとは思(おも)いません。
    Kami ga sonzai suru to wa omoimasen.
    I don't believe God exists.
    神(かみ)は存在(そんざい)する。
    Kami wa sonzai suru.
    God exists.

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
存在

Noun

存在 • (jonjae) (hangeul 존재)

  1. Hanja form? of 존재 (“existence”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
存在

Verb

存在

  1. chữ Hán form of tồn tại (“to exist”).
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