伙伴

See also: 夥伴

Chinese

		assistant; furniture; partner	partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade
trad. (伙伴/夥伴)		伙/夥	伴
simp. (伙伴)		伙	伴
variant forms		火伴

Etymology

In Northern Wei, a 火 (huǒ) was a military unit with ten people (using the same kitchen stove). 火伴 (huǒbàn) means people in the same unit.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² bun⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hér-phǒaⁿ / hé-phōaⁿ / hóe-phōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: huǒbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuobann
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pa̠n⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: fo² bun⁶
    • Yale: fó buhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² bun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² bun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ puːn²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 伙伴 火伴

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-phǒaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hér-phuǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰuã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-phōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hé-phuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefphvoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰuã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-phōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-phuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefphvoa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰuã²²/

Noun

伙伴

1. partner; companion

Synonyms

• 同伴 (tóngbàn)

Derived terms

• 合作伙伴 (hézuò huǒbàn)
• 性伙伴 (xìnghuǒbàn)

• 戰略伙伴／战略伙伴 (zhànlüè huǒbàn)
• 貿易伙伴／贸易伙伴 (màoyì huǒbàn)