存在

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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?
    How can I see that which does not exist?

Synonyms

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

Conjugation of "存在する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 存在し そんざいし sonzai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 存在し そんざいし sonzai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 存在する そんざいする sonzai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 存在する そんざいする sonzai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 存在すれ そんざいすれ sonzai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 存在せよ¹
存在しろ² 		そんざいせよ¹
そんざいしろ² 		sonzai seyo¹
sonzai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 存在される そんざいされる sonzai sareru
Causative 存在させる
存在さす 		そんざいさせる
そんざいさす 		sonzai saseru
sonzai sasu
Potential 存在できる そんざいできる sonzai dekiru
Volitional 存在しよう そんざいしよう sonzai shiyō
Negative 存在しない そんざいしない sonzai shinai
Negative continuative 存在せず そんざいせず sonzai sezu
Formal 存在します そんざいします sonzai shimasu
Perfective 存在した そんざいした sonzai shita
Conjunctive 存在して そんざいして sonzai shite
Hypothetical conditional 存在すれば そんざいすれば sonzai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
存在

Verb

存在

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