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)

Pronunciation


Verb

存在

  1. to exist; to be; to be present
    存在東西怎麼能夠 [MSC, trad.]
    存在东西怎么能够 [MSC, simp.]
    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
そん
Grade: 6
ざい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

(そん)(ざい) (sonzai

  1. existence
    (わたし)(かみ)存在(そんざい)(しん)じない。
    Watashi wa kami no sonzai o shinjinai.
    I don't believe God exists.
    (かれ)存在(そんざい)は、我々(われわれ)(おお)きな(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.
    (かれ)はようやく存在(そんざい)(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)恐怖(きょうふ)(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
    ()かせない存在(そんざい)
    kakasenai sonzai
    indispensable thing

Verb

(そん)(ざい)する (sonzai surusuru (stem (そん)(ざい) (sonzai shi), past (そん)(ざい)した (sonzai shita))

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

Noun

存在 (jonjae) (hangeul 존재)

  1. hanja form? of 존재 (existence)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

存在

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