粵

生sang1存cyun4

sang1 cyun4shēng cún

English

  1. to exist
  2. survival
  3. to exist; to live; to survive
  4. to survive

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 生命維持到落去,冇死

Examples

  • 生存空間

    room to survive and thrive

  • 生存之道

    how one lives

  • 適者生存

    survival of the fittest

  • 我会生存落去。

    I will live.

    Tatoeba · WilliamKwok CC BY

  • 冇空氣我哋生存唔到。

    We cannot survive without air.

  • 我哋需要有植物先生存到。

    We need plants in order to live.

    Tatoeba · clowergen CC BY

  • 我唔想再生存喺呢個星球上喇。

    I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 無咗空氣同水,人類就生存唔到。

    Both air and water are indispensable for life.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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