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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

伴 bàn
companion, comrade, partner; to accompany
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “partner”

WordPinyinMeaning
合伙人 (合夥人)hé huǒ rénpartner (in a business or other joint venture)
合作伙伴 (合作夥伴)hé zuò huǒ bànpartner (in a joint undertaking); collaborator
伙计 (伙計)huǒ jipartner; fellow
拍档 (拍檔)pāi dàngpartner
合作方hé zuò fāng(business) partner

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伴.

WordPinyinMeaning
伙伴huǒ bànvariant of 伙伴 (huǒ bàn)
伴随 (伴隨)bàn suíto accompany; to follow
伴侣 (伴侶)bàn lǚcompanion; mate
同伴tóng bàncompanion; comrade; fellow
陪伴péi bànto 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.

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