存活

cúnhuó

verb HSK 7-9 #7,094

Meanings

1 to survive
2 to stay alive

Characters

to exist; to remain

Examples

HSK 4

只有少数人存活了下来。

Zhǐyǒu shǎoshù rén cúnhuó le xiàlái.

Only a few people survived.

HSK 5

这种植物能在沙漠中存活。

Zhèzhǒng 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. Often used in medical and scientific contexts, e.g., 存活率 (survival rate).

Stroke Order

存 cún

活 huó