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

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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    伙伴
    火伴
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:
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    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

伙伴

companion; mate; comrade; partner
和某人結成伙伴／和某人结成伙伴 ― hé mǒurén jiéchéng huǒbàn ― to forge a partnership with someone
- 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.]
  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.]
  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!'"

Synonyms

伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)
同伴 (tóngbàn)
拍檔／拍档 (pāidàng) (chiefly Cantonese)
搭檔／搭档 (dādàng)
朋侶／朋侣 (pénglǚ) (literary)

Derived terms

合作伙伴 (hézuò huǒbàn)
性伙伴 (xìnghuǒbàn)
戰略伙伴 (zhànlüè huǒbàn)
貿易伙伴 (màoyì huǒbàn)

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