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How to pronounce 存在

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cún存zài在to exist; to be

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in Mandarin Chinese

cún存zài在

to exist; to be

HSK 5

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cúnSecond tonezàiFourth tone

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I already exist.

？

Does love exist?

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Do black holes exist?

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ā First toneHigh and level
á Second toneRising
ǎ Third toneLow, then rising in isolation
à Fourth toneFalling
a Neutral toneShort and light

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Definitions adapt CC-CEDICT through HSK 3.0, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Definitions are shortened for study.

Examples include Lock In original sentences and the Tatoeba Project, under CC BY 2.0 France. Chinese text is normalized to simplified characters. Pinyin follows the study dictionary.