保存 bǎocún — to preserve, to save (a file, a thing)

Meanings

1. 1

   to preserve, to save (a file, a thing)

   To keep a thing from being lost or spoiling — food, a document, a file. Where 保持 holds a *state* steady, 保存 keeps a *thing* in existence.

   verb

Example sentences

• 别忘了保存文件。/別忘了保存文件。Bié (second tone, rising) wàng (fourth tone, falling) le (neutral tone) bǎocún (third tone, dipping) wénjiàn. (second tone, rising)···

  Don’t forget to save the file.

• 这些照片保存得很好。/這些照片保存得很好。Zhèxiē (fourth tone, falling) zhàopiàn (fourth tone, falling) bǎocún (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo. (third tone, dipping)···

  These photographs have been very well preserved.

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