伴手

Chinese

		partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (伴手)		伴	手
anagram		手伴
Literally: “accompanies the hand”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phōaⁿ-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-shou³
  - Yale: bàn-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshoou
  - Palladius: баньшоу (banʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: phuānn-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvoaxchiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰuã³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuã³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuã²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Noun

伴手

(chiefly Southern Min) gift (conveniently brought when visiting someone)

Synonyms

禮物／礼物 (lǐwù)
禮品／礼品 (lǐpǐn)
(Hakka, Hokkien) 等路
(Hokkien) 手伴, 手素料, 帶手物／带手物

See also

伴手禮／伴手礼 (bànshǒulǐ)

References

“伴手”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.