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存活

cúnhuó
verb #7,094

Meanings

  1. 1 to survive
  2. 2 to stay alive

Characters

存
cún
to exist; to remain
活
huó
alive; to live

Examples

只有少数人存活了下来。
Zhǐyǒu shǎoshù rén cúnhuó le xiàlái.
Only a few people survived.
这种植物能在沙漠中存活。
Zhè zhǒng zhíwù néng zài shāmò zhōng cúnhuó.
This kind of plant can survive in the desert.

Tips

usage
存活 is more formal/written than 活下来 (huó xiàlái). Often used in medical and scientific contexts, e.g., 存活率 (survival rate).

Stroke Order

存 cún
活 huó

Related Words

幸存 xìngcún HSK 7 #6,049
to survive (a disaster) / to remain alive
存 cún HSK 3 #2,453
to exist; to survive / to deposit; to save (money) / to store; to keep
生存 shēngcún HSK 3 #2,342
to exist; to survive / survival; existence
活 huó HSK 3 #311
to live; alive; living / work; job (colloquial) / lively; vivid
活生生 huóshēngshēng #6,572
vividly / while still alive / literally (used for emphasis)
存在 cúnzài HSK 3 #859
to exist; to be present / existence
活命 huómìng #7,715
to survive; to save one's life / to scrape by; to eke out a living
活人 huórén #9,101
a living person / someone who is alive
复活 fùhuó HSK 7 #3,967
to resurrect; to come back to life / to revive; to bring back
活活 huóhuó #9,220
while still alive / literally (emphasizing cruelty or extremity)
存活 cúnhuó
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