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伴

bàn

HSK 5 Character

What 伴 means

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

Example sentences

• 我没有伙伴。
  I don't have a partner.
• 你将伴我同行。
  Nǐ jiāng bàn wǒ tóngxíng.
  You are to come with me.
• 我是你的伙伴。
  I'm your partner.
• 你想要伙伴吗？
  Do you want some company?
• 我弹钢琴为她伴奏。
  Wǒ tán gāngqín wèi tā bànzòu.
  I accompanied her on the piano.
• 她为我作钢琴伴奏。
  She accompanied me on the piano.

Words starting with 伴

• 伴随bàn suíto accompany; to follow; to occur together with
• 伴侣bàn lǚcompanion; mate; partner
• 伴奏bàn zòuto accompany (musically)
• 伴有bàn yǒuto be accompanied by
• 伴娘bàn niángbridesmaid; maid of honor; matron of honor
• 伴唱bàn chàngto sing backup; backup singer
• 伴舞bàn wǔto be a dancing partner to sb; to perform as a backup dancer…
• 伴同bàn tóngto accompany
• 伴星bàn xīng(astronomy) companion star
• 伴热bàn rèelectric heat tracing; steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc)
• 伴生气bàn shēng qìassociated gas (petrochemical engineering)
• 伴手礼bàn shǒu lǐ(Taiwan) gift given when visiting sb…
• 伴郎bàn lángbest man; groomsman
• 伴君如伴虎bàn jūn rú bàn hǔbeing close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
• 伴随矩阵bàn suí jǔ zhèn(math) adjugate matrix; classical adjoint matrix
• 伴侣号Bàn lǚ HàoHMS Consort, a Royal Navy destroyer involved in the 1949 Amethyst Incident on the Yangtze…
• 伴手bàn shǒusee 伴手礼

Words containing 伴

• 伙伴huǒ bàncompanion; pal; partner; business associate
• 同伴tóng bàncompanion; comrade; fellow
• 陪伴péi bànto accompany
• 老伴lǎo bàn(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
• 相伴xiāng bànto accompany sb; to accompany each other
• 结伴jié bànto go with sb; to form companionships
• 女伴nǚ bànfemale companion
• 舞伴wǔ bàndancing partner
• 作伴zuò bànto accompany; to keep sb company
• 做伴zuò bànto keep sb company; to accompany
• 旅伴lǚ bàntravel companion
• 就伴jiù bànto act as companion
• 性伴xìng bànsexual partner
• 游伴yóu bànplaymate; travel companion
• 酒伴jiǔ bàndrinking buddy
• 随伴suí bànto accompany
• 性伙伴xìng huǒ bànsexual partner
• 合作伙伴hé zuò huǒ bànpartner (in a joint undertaking); collaborator
• 战略伙伴zhàn lüè huǒ bànstrategic partner
• 结伴而行jié bàn ér xíng(of a group) to stay together; to keep together
• 贸易伙伴mào yì huǒ bàntrading partner
• 玩伴wán bànplaymate
• 呼朋引伴hū péng yǐn bànto gather one's friends; to band together
• 良伴liáng bàngood companion

Characters built on 半

These share the phonetic component 半 (bàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 畔pàn(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 泮pàn(literary) to melt; to dissolve
• 袢pànused in 袷袢; variant of 襻

Characters that look like 伴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 饰shìdecoration; ornament; to decorate
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 佯yángto feign; to pretend

Sounds the same

Read bàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 半half; semi-; incomplete
• 办to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…
• 扮to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role)
• 拌to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 瓣petal; segment; clove (of garlic)
• 绊to trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 湴mud; slush; ooze
• 姅menstruation
• 秚old variant of 拌