Chinese symbol for “partner”
伴
bàn
partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
The closest CC-CEDICT match for partner is 伴 (bàn), defined as: partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “partner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合伙人 (合夥人) | hé huǒ rén | partner (in a business or other joint venture) |
| 合作伙伴 (合作夥伴) | hé zuò huǒ bàn | partner (in a joint undertaking); collaborator |
| 伙计 (伙計) | huǒ ji | partner; fellow |
| 拍档 (拍檔) | pāi dàng | partner |
| 合作方 | hé zuò fāng | (business) partner |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伙伴 | huǒ bàn | variant of 伙伴 (huǒ bàn) |
| 伴随 (伴隨) | bàn suí | to accompany; to follow |
| 伴侣 (伴侶) | bàn lǚ | companion; mate |
| 同伴 | tóng bàn | companion; comrade; fellow |
| 陪伴 | péi bàn | to accompany |
See also: Japanese symbol for “partner”.
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.