Chinese

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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

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Verb

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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? [Pinyin]
    How can I see that which does not exist?

Synonyms

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Noun

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存在

  1. (philosophy) existence; being; presence

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 6
ざい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

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(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

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(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.

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References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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存在 (jonjae) (hangeul 존재)

  1. hanja form? of 존재 (existence)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

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存在

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