Chinese

伙伴

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹/
companion; mate; comrade; partner
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 7
  • 夥伴

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Origin

In Northern Wei, a 火 (huǒ) was a military unit with ten people (using the same kitchen stove). 火伴 (huǒbàn) means people in the same unit.

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Lineage

  • characterChinese伙 “companion; colleague”
  • characterChinese伴 “companion”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese半 “half”
      • ideaChinese八 “eight”
      • ideaChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g …”

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