Exotic $bar{D}_s^{(*)}D^{(*)}$ molecular states and $scbar qbar c$ tetraquark states with $J^P=0^+, 1^+, 2^+$

We have calculated the mass spectra for the $bar{D}_s^{(*)}D^{(*)}$ molecular states and $scbar qbar c$ tetraquark states with $J^P=0^+, 1^+, 2^+$. The masses of the axial-vector $bar{D}_sD^{*}$, $bar{D}_s^{*}D$ molecular states and $mathbf{1}_{[sc]} oplus mathbf{0}_{[bar q bar{c}]}$, $mathbf{0}_{[sc]} oplus mathbf{1}_{[bar q bar{c}]}$ tetraquark states are predicted to be around 3.98 GeV, which are in good agreement with the mass of $Z_{cs}(3985)^-$ from BESIII cite{besiii2020Zcs}. In both the molecular and diquark-antidiquark pictures, our results suggest that there may exist two almost degenerate states, as the strange partners of the $X(3872)$ and $Z_c(3900)$. We propose to carefully examine the $Z_{cs}(3985)$ in future experiments to verify this. One may also search for more hidden-charm four-quark states with strangeness not only in the open-charm $bar{D}_s^{(*)}D^{(*)}$ channels, but also in the hidden-charm channels $eta_c K/K^ast$, $J/psi K/K^ast$.