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保存 (bǎo cún): to preserve, to save

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to preserve, to save
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 5

Full definitions

to conserve
to preserve
to keep
to store
(computing) to save (a file etc)

Chinese explanation

使事物继续存在而不消失、不损坏，也指把东西存放起来以便以后使用
在电脑上指把文件或数据存入硬盘等存储设备中，以免丢失。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])

HSK 4

to exist

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