旅伴 (lǚ bàn) — traveling companion; fellow traveler

Definition

noun
traveling companionfellow traveler
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 旅伴。
    Zhè cì lǚ xíng wǒ yù dào le yí gè hěn bú cuò de lǚ bàn.
    I met a very good traveling companion on this trip.
  • 旅伴,。
    Yǒu lǚ bàn yì qǐ zǒu, lù shang jiù bù jué dé lèi le.
    With a traveling companion to walk together, you don't feel tired on the road.
  • 旅伴,。
    Tā men shì yí duì lǎo lǚ bàn, yì qǐ qù le hěn duō dì fāng.
    They are old traveling companions who have been to many places together.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

旅lǚtravel
伴bàncompanion

旅 refers to travel and 伴 to a companion, giving a fellow traveler.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn伴bàn
Same sound today

伴 puts 亻 (person) beside 半. The person part fits the meaning of companion, and 半 gives the sound.

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