伴 bàn
: companion, comrade, partner; accompany
Kun Reading
伴 | とも tomo
noun | suru verb
: companion; follower; attendant; retinue
伴う | ともなう tomonau
godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to accompany; to bring with; to be accompanied by; to be involved in; to be consequent upon
伴い | ともない tomonai
godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: companion; accompaniment
On Reading
ハン han
バン ban
伴隨[随] ban4sui2: to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant
伴侶[侣] ban4lü3: companion; mate; partner
[伴侶 | はんりょ hanryo: partner; companion]
伴奏 ban4zou4: to accompany (musically)
[伴奏 | ばんそう bansou: (musical) accompaniment]
伴唱 ban4chang4: vocal accompaniment; to accompany a singer; to support of somebody; to echo somebody; to chime in with somebody
伴同 ban4tong2: to accompany
同伴 tong2ban4: companion; comrade; fellow
[どうはん douhan: to accompany; to go with
: company; companion]
伙伴 huo3ban4: partner; companion; comrade
作伴 zuo4ban4: to accompany; to keep somebody company
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
伴食大臣 | ばんしょくだいじん banshoku daijin
: (yoji) nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
伴食宰相 | ばんしょくさいしょう banshoku saishou
: (yoji) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
形影相伴う | けいえいあいともなう keiei ai tomonau
: to be together always (esp. married couple); to be inseparable; to live in perfect harmony
時勢に伴って | じせいにともなって jisei ni tomonatte
: in step with the times
友達を伴って | ともだちをともなって tomodachi o tomonatte
: accompanied by a friend
Chinese expression | idiom
結伴而行 [结伴而行] jie2 ban4 er2 xing2
: to stay together (of a group); to keep together
伴君如伴虎 ban4 jun1 ru2 ban4 hu3
: accompanying one’s sovereign can be like accompanying a tiger
形声 Pictophonetic.
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
半 (ban4: half) provides the sound.
Look-alike:
佯 yang2: to feign; to pretend
[on: ヨウ you]
Examples:
特権はすべて責任を伴う。
とっけんはすべてせきにんをともなう tokken wa subete sekinin o tomonau
Every privilege carries responsibility with it.
两人成伴，三人不欢。
liang3 ren2 cheng2 ban4, san1 ren2 bu4 huan1
Two’s company, but three’s a crowd.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
