伴 (bun6 pun5 | ban4) : companion, partner; accompany

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伴

bun6 pun5

ban4

[1] [n] companion; partner; comrade
[2] [v] accompany; go with; keep sb company

Jyutping bun6 is literary reading; pun5 is colloquial.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

伴

This word has been viewed 9512 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Sep 2013 04:38

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同伴 tung4 bun6 tong2 ban4 = companion; mate; comrade

伴郎 bun6 long4*2 ban4 lang2 = best man

伴娘 bun6 noeng4*2 ban4 niang2 = maid of honor; matron of honor

相伴 soeng1 bun6 xiang1 ban4 = accompany each other

伴侶 bun6 leoi5 ban4 lv3 = companion; mate; partner

伴奏 bun6 zau3 ban4 zou4 = (music) to accompany

伴隨 bun6 ceoi4 ban4 sui2 = to follow; to accompany

伙伴 fo2 bun6 huo3 ban4 = partner; companion; pal

夥伴 fo2 bun6 huo3 ban4 = partner; companion; pal

做伴 zou6 pun5 = keep sb. company
See all 33 compounds (CantoDict reports 34 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 伴
Unicode code for this character: U+4f34 (off-site link)

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