PERSIST    繼續存在存

CONTINUE to EXIST.
CONTINUEHOLDCARRY ONLASTKEEP ONKEEP UPREMAINLINGERSTAYENDURE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the persistence or continued existence of something is cún 存 (ant. wáng 亡 "cease to exist"). 2. Huó 活 "survive" (ant. sǐ 死 "die") refers specifically to survival of a living creature. 3. Yí 遺 (ant. shī 失 "get lost") is used to refer to things that continue to exist or are handed down from earlier times.
Modern Chinese Criteria
繼續存在 活下去 存留 殘存 THERE MUST BE MANY MORE GOOD WORDS BUT I CANNOT FIND THEM. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • LIVEEXIST AND USE FOOD.
  • REMAINBE-IN ENDURINGLY:continuously in the FUTURE.
  • ENDURESUFFER DISTRESS AND NOT OPPOSE it.
Hypernym
  • CONTINUE　ACT OR EXIST RESEMBLE>as one has in the INTENSELY>very NEAR PAST. (anc: 12/0, child: 2)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.252

    • Words (7 items)

    存  cún OC: sɡɯɯn MC: dzuo̝n 45 Attributions

    The current general word for the persistence of something is cún 存(ant. wáng 亡 "cease to exist").

      Word relations
    • Ant: 亡/DISAPPEAR The dominant word for ceasing to exist is wáng 亡 (and there is no early evidence for the reading wú 亡).
    • Ant: 去/LEAVE The general word for leaving one place for another is qù 去 (ant. liú 留"remain").
    • Ant: 沒 / 歿/DIE Mò 沒/歿 (ant. cún 存 "survive") and zhōng 終are abstract elevated, polite words to use about the death of a significant person.
    • Contrast: 在/PERSIST

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocesssurvival, continued existence
    • v[adN]that which is due to persist or survive
    • vicontinuoussurvive; subsist, persist, continue to exist, remain
    • vtoNcausativecause to continue to exist; ensure the survival of, ensure the continued existence of
    • vtoNcausativebe made to continue to exist
    遺  yí OC: k-lul MC: ji 6 Attributions

    Yí 遺 (ant. shī 失 "get lost") is used to refer to things that continue to exist or are handed down from earlier times.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNremaining, surviving; lingering
    安存  ān cún OC: qaan sɡɯɯn MC: ʔɑn dzuo̝n 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabsafety and persistenceLZ
    • VPicontinue to exist in good shape
    活  huó OC: ɡood MC: ɦʷɑt 2 Attributions

    Huó 活 "survive" (ant. sǐ 死 "die") refers specifically to survival of a living creature.

      Syntactic words
    • viprocesssurvive
    • vtoNcausativecause to survive
    久  jiǔ MC: kjuwX OC: klɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vilast longCH
    在  zài OC: sɡɯɯʔ MC: dzəi 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 存/PERSIST The current general word for the persistence of something is cún 存(ant. wáng 亡 "cease to exist").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause not to perish, cause to persist
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vilast longCH