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

HSK 2

他们相伴走过了五十年。

Tāmen xiāngbàn zǒuguò le wǔshí nián.

They accompanied each other through fifty years.

HSK 4

音乐一直与她相伴。

Yīnyuè yìzhí 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