HSK 6 · Verbs

伴随 bànsuí “to accompany” in Chinese

Traditional 伴隨

What 伴随 means

  1. to accompany
  2. to go with
  3. to follow
  4. to occur together with
  5. concomitant

How to say 伴随

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale伴bàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale随suí2nd tone, rising

伴随 in a sentence

  1. 音乐伴随我度过了很多快乐的时光。

    Yīnyuè bànsuí wǒ dùguò le hěn duō kuàilè de shíguāng.

    Music has been with me through many happy times.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 伴随着经济发展，人们的生活越来越好。

    Bànsuí zhe jīngjì fāzhǎn, rénmen de shēnghuó yuèláiyuè hǎo.

    As the economy grows, people’s lives are getting better and better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 伴随 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 伴 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 半half · bànSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 半 (bàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàn.

The character 随 (suí) with each of its parts in a different colour
随suíto follow
  • 阝place
  • 迶to walk · yòu

How to write 伴随

伴 7 strokes · 随 11 strokes

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伴随 (bànsuí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 伴随 (bànsuí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 伴随

Words with 伴

伙伴huǒbàn · partner伴侣bànlǚ · partner

Words with 随

随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with随身suíshēn · to carry with you随时suíshí · at any time随手suíshǒu · as you go随即suíjí · immediately跟随gēnsuí · to follow随意suíyì · as one likes

More words: Common Verbs

拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit败坏bàihuài · to ruin摆脱bǎituō · to break free from巴结bājie · to fawn on报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)爆发bàofā · to break out报复bàofu · to retaliate

FAQs

伴随 (bànsuí) means “to accompany” or “to go with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bànsuí: bàn with a 4th tone, then suí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 伴随 is written 伴隨. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bansui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伴随 from the suggestions. Typing bansui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伴随 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.