幸存 meaning in English

xìngcún

to survive (a disaster)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 倖存14 strokes

Meaning of 幸存

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xìngcún
  1. to survive (a disaster)

幸存 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

一yí个gè幸xìng存cún者zhě都dōu没méi有yǒu。
There wasn't a single survivor.
他tā在zài一yí个gè飞fēi机jī事shì故gù中zhōng幸xìng存cún了le下xià来lái。
He survived a flight accident.
我wǒ是shì唯wéi一yī的de幸xìng存cún者zhě。
I am the sole survivor.
有yǒu三sān个gè幸xìng存cún者zhě。
There are three survivors.
汤tāng姆mǔ是shì幸xìng存cún者zhě之zhī一yī。
Tom was one of the survivors.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

幸 xìng · favor · 8 strokes

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存 cún · to exist · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 幸存.

存在cúnzàito exist; to be
幸福xìngfúhappiness; happy
幸运xìngyùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
生存shēngcúnto exist; to survive
保存bǎocúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
不幸bùxìngmisfortune; adversity
存款cúnkuǎnto deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings
储存chǔcúnstockpile; to store
荣幸róngxìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)
幸好xìnghǎofortunately
庆幸qìngxìngto rejoice; to be glad
有幸yǒuxìngfortunately

Questions about 幸存

What does 幸存 mean?

幸存 (xìngcún) means "to survive (a disaster)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 幸存?

幸存 is made of 2 characters: 幸 (8 strokes), 存 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 幸存 an HSK word?

Yes. 幸存 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 幸存 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 幸存 is written 倖存.