伴

bàn

HSK 7freq #3537

Meanings

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bàn

1.partner; companion; comrade; associate
2.to accompany

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Wiktionary

1.companion
2.to accompany
3.something attached to the main instrument
4.a surname
5.used in 伴奐／伴奂 (pànhuàn, “relaxed; free; unrestrained”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːnʔ, *baːns): semantic 亻 + phonetic 半 (OC *paːns).

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Stroke order

Components

伴亻半

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我是你的夥伴。
I'm your partner.
閃電常常伴隨著雷鳴。
Lightning is usually followed by thunder.
Tom跟我是商業夥伴。
Tom and I were business partners.

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Synonyms

伴同伴濫伴滥伴隨伴随陪陪伴陪同陪送隨同随同隨從随从

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Related words

伙伴 companion; pal 伙伴 variant of 伙伴[huǒ bàn]陪伴 to accompany 伴随 to accompany 同伴 companion; comrade; fellow 伴侣 companion 相伴 to accompany sb 伴奏 to accompany (musically)老伴 (of an elderly couple) husband or wife 旅伴 travel companion 作伴 to accompany 伴星 (astronomy) companion star