Chinese word

存档

Pronunciation

Pinyincún dàng

Meaning

  • verbsave

Example

我把合同存档在电脑里。wǒ bǎ hé tóng cún dàng zài diàn nǎo lǐ

I save the contract on my computer.

Illustration for 存档 (save)

More examples

我把旧邮件存档了，空间就够用了。wǒ bǎ jiù yóu jiàn cún dàng le kōng jiān jiù gòu yòng le

I archived the old emails, so there was enough space.

Core concept

Keep a record in an organized form so it remains available for later retrieval.

Common phrases

  • 把合同存档在电脑里bǎ hé tóng cún dàng zài diàn nǎo lǐ

    save the contract on the computer

  • 把邮件存档到归档夹bǎ yóu jiàn cún dàng dào guī dàng jiā

    archive the email to the archive folder

  • 把照片存档到U盘里bǎ zhào piān cún dàng dào U pán lǐ

    save the photos to a USB drive

Similar words

保存bǎo cún: Preserve a file or piece of data by recording it so it will not be lost.
保管báo guǎn: Look after an item or document in a safe place for later retrieval.
备份bèi fèn: Copy important data separately so it can be recovered if the original is lost.
存放cún fàng: Store an item in a designated place so it remains there for later use.

Definition in Chinese

将文件或资料保存为档案形式，便于长期保存和检索。jiāng wén jiàn huò zī liào bǎo cún wèi dàng àn xíng shì biàn yú cháng qī bǎo cún hé jián suǒ

Word origin

存 (cún, "preserve") + 档 (dàng, "file or record") describes putting material into a preserved record, which gives the compound its sense of keeping it for later reference.

Usage tips

  • In workplace and software language, 存档 (cúndàng, "archive") often marks material as no longer active but still retained, so it should not be read as deleting or discarding it.

Other meanings

  • archiveverb
  • storeverb

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