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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fo2 bun6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hér-phǒaⁿ / hé-phōaⁿ / hóe-phōaⁿ
- 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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火伴
- (Standard Chinese)
- 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:
伙伴
火伴
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
伙伴
- companion; mate; comrade; partner
- 出門看火伴，火伴皆驚惶，同行十二年，不知木蘭是女郎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《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!'"
出门看火伴，火伴皆惊惶，同行十二年，不知木兰是女郎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]