现存 xiàncún extant
extant; existent; in stock
How to remember 现存: 现 the present + 存 exist = extant.
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How it is used
- Extant / currently existing / in stock - 现存最早的 (xiàncún zuì zǎo de) the earliest surviving..., 现存数量 (xiàncún shùliàng) the quantity currently in stock.
- Marks what still survives/remains in existence now; 现 (now) + 存 (exist).
- Common in describing surviving historical items and current inventory.
Example sentences
- 大象是如今现存的陆生动物里最大的。 Dàxiàng shì rújīn xiàncún de lùshēngdòngwù lǐ zuìdà de.Elephants are the largest land animals alive today.