存在

cúnzài

verb HSK 3 #859

Meanings

Both characters relate to being/existing - together they form the core word for 'existence'

HSK 3

这个问题确实存在。

Zhège wèntí quèshí cúnzài.

This problem really exists.

HSK 6

他们之间存在很大的差异。

Tāmen zhījiān cúnzài hěn dà de chāyì.

There are big differences between them.

HSK 7-9

外星人存在吗？

Wàixīngrén cúnzài ma?

Do aliens exist?

grammar

存在 can be used as both a verb (问题存在 'the problem exists') and a noun (人的存在 'human existence').

存 cún

在 zài