HSK 6 · Verbs

储存 chǔcún “to store” in Chinese

Traditional 儲存

What 储存 means

  1. to store
  2. to stockpile
  3. storage

How to say 储存

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale储chǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale存cún2nd tone, rising

储存 in a sentence

  1. 冬天快到了，松鼠开始储存食物。

    Dōngtiān kuài dào le, sōngshǔ kāishǐ chǔcún shíwù.

    With winter coming, the squirrels start storing food.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这些照片都储存在电脑里。

    Zhèxiē zhàopiàn dōu chǔcún zài diànnǎo lǐ.

    These photos are all stored on the computer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 储存 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 储 (chǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
储chǔto store up; to keep in reserve
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 诸all · zhūSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 诸 (zhū) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǔ.

The character 存 (cún) with each of its parts in a different colour
存cúnto exist
  • 才ability · cáiSound part
  • 子child · zǐMeaning part

子 hints at the meaning (child); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cún.

How to write 储存

储 12 strokes · 存 6 strokes

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储存 (chǔcún) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 储存 (chǔcún). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 储存

Words with 储

储备chǔbèi · reserves储蓄chǔxù · savings

Words with 存

存cún · to exist保存bǎocún · to conserve存在cúnzài · to exist生存shēngcún · to survive

More words: Common Verbs

撤销chèxiāo · to cancel吃苦chīkǔ · to endure hardship充当chōngdāng · to serve as重叠chóngdié · to overlap出卖chūmài · to betray处置chǔzhì · to deal with刺cì · thorn伺候cìhou · to serve

FAQs

储存 (chǔcún) means “to store” or “to stockpile”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chǔcún: chǔ with a 3rd tone, then cún with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 储存 is written 儲存. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chucun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 储存 from the suggestions. Typing chucun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
储存 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.