伴 bàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 半 half
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
伴奏
bànzòu
to accompany; musical accompaniment
Characters in this word
奏 zòu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他弹着吉他为女儿的歌声伴奏，家里充满了笑声。 Tā tán zhe jítā wèi nǚ'ér de gēshēng bànzòu, jiā lǐ chōngmǎn le xiàoshēng. He accompanied his daughter's singing on the guitar, and the house was filled with laughter.
- 没有钢琴伴奏，这段合唱听起来总觉得少了点什么。 Méiyǒu gāngqín bànzòu, zhè duàn héchàng tīng qǐlai zǒng juéde shǎo le diǎn shénme. Without piano accompaniment, this chorus always sounds like something is missing.
- 音乐会上，一位老先生用二胡为歌手伴奏。 Yīnyuèhuì shàng, yí wèi lǎo xiānsheng yòng èrhú wèi gēshǒu bànzòu. At the concert, an old gentleman accompanied the singer on the erhu.
Related words
- 伙伴 huǒbàn companion
- 伴随 bànsuí to accompany
- 同伴 tóngbàn companion
- 伴 bàn companion; to accompany
- 伴侣 bànlǚ partner; companion
- 老伴儿 lǎobànr elderly spouse; one's old companion
- 相伴 xiāngbàn to accompany; to go together
- 节奏 jiézòu rhythm
- 演奏 yǎnzòu to perform
- 奏效 zòuxiào to take effect; to work
- 芭蕾 bālěi ballet
- 合唱 héchàng to sing in chorus; choral singing