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存款

cún kuǎn · cun kuan

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HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to deposit money (in a bank etc)
  2. bank savings
  3. bank deposit
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Saving for a computer

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)一台(yītái)新(xīn)电脑(diànnǎo)！

    I want to buy a new computer!

  2. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)存款(cúnkuǎn)够(gòu)吗(ma)？

    Are your savings enough?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)……我的(wǒde)存款(cúnkuǎn)有(yǒu)三百块(sānbǎikuài)。

    Let me check... my savings are 300 yuan.

  4. Liangliang

    三百(sānbǎi)？电脑(diànnǎo)要(yào)三千(sānqiān)呢(ne)。

    300? A computer costs 3,000.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)每个月(měigèyuè)存(cún)一百(yībǎi)，三十个月(sānshígèyuè)就(jiù)够(gòu)了(le)。

    I save 100 a month. In thirty months it's enough.

  6. Liangliang

    那时候(nàshíhou)那台(nàtái)电脑(diànnǎo)已经(yǐjīng)是(shì)旧(jiù)的(de)了(le)！

    By then that computer is already old!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)把(bǎ)存(cún)款(kuǎn)都(dōu)取(qǔ)出(chū)来(lái)买(mǎi)了(le)房(fáng)子(zi)。

He withdrew all his savings and bought a house.

02

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)银(yín)行(háng)存(cún)一(yì)笔(bǐ)存(cún)款(kuǎn)。

I want to go to the bank to make a deposit.

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