相伴

xiāngbàn

verb HSK 7-9 #10,415

Meanings

1 to accompany each other
2 to keep each other company

Characters

mutually; each other

companion; accompany

Examples

他们相伴走过了五十年。

Tāmen xiāngbàn zǒuguò le wǔshí nián.

They accompanied each other through fifty years.

音乐一直与她相伴。

Yīnyuè yīzhí yǔ tā xiāngbàn.

Music has always been her companion.

Tips

usage

相伴 has a literary, warm tone. Often used for long-term companionship: 相伴一生 (accompany each other for life). More poetic than 陪伴 (péibàn).

Stroke Order

相 xiāng

伴 bàn