Chinese word dictionary

存活

cúnhuó · to survive (a serious accident); survival

Practice word

Word information

Simplified存活

Traditional存活

Pinyincúnhuó

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

存cún

to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit

活huó

to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

How to learn 存活

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

生活shēnghuó

to live; life; livelihood

存cún

to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

干活儿gànhuór

erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]

活huó

to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

活动huódòng

to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc

活泼huópō

lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive