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Chinese symbol for “playmate”

玩伴
wán bàn
playmate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for playmate is 玩伴 (wán bàn), defined as: playmate.

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

玩 wán
to play with, to joke, to entertain
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
伴 bàn
companion, comrade, partner; to accompany
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “playmate”

WordPinyinMeaning
游伴 (遊伴)yóu bànplaymate; travel companion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 玩伴.

WordPinyinMeaning
玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
玩具wán jùplaything; toy
开玩笑 (開玩笑)kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
好玩hǎo wánamusing; fun
玩笑wán xiàoto joke; joke
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “playmate”.

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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