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
alternative 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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hér-phǒaⁿ / hé-phōaⁿ / hóe-phōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒbàn
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-pan⁴
    • Yale: hwǒ-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoobann
    • Palladius: хобань (xobanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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

      edit edit 伙伴 火伴

• Southern Min
  • (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

(deprecated template usage) 伙伴

1. partner; companion; mate; comrade

   出門看伙伴，伙伴皆驚惶：「同行十二年，不知木蘭是女郎」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   出门看伙伴，伙伴皆惊惶：「同行十二年，不知木兰是女郎」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: (deprecated template usage) 《木蘭詩》; translation by Jack Yuan

   Chūmén kàn huǒbàn, huǒbàn jiē jīnghuáng: “Tóng xíng shí'èr nián, bùzhī Mùlán shì nǚláng”. [Pinyin]

   I step out to see my comrades-in-arms, they are all surprised and astounded: 'We travelled twelve years together, yet didn't realise Mulan was a lady!'"

Synonyms

• 搭檔／搭档 (dādàng)
• (literary) 朋侶／朋侣 (pénglǚ)
• 同伴 (tóngbàn)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)