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Chinese symbol for “accompany”

陪
péi
to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 (péi)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for accompany is 陪 (péi), defined as: to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 (péi).

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Characters and stroke order

陪 péi
to accompany, to be with, to keep company
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “accompany”

WordPinyinMeaning
伴随 (伴隨)bàn suíto accompany; to follow
陪伴péi bànto accompany
陪同péi tóngto accompany
伴奏bàn zòuto accompany (musically)
随从 (隨從)suí cóngto accompany; to follow

Related words

Other words that share a character with 陪.

WordPinyinMeaning
陪伴péi bànto accompany
陪同péi tóngto accompany
陪审团 (陪審團)péi shěn tuánjury
陪审员 (陪審員)péi shěn yuánjuror
陪葬péi zàngto be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)
陪衬 (陪襯)péi chènto serve as a foil; to set off; a foil; a contrast

See also: Japanese symbol for “accompany”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.