HSK 4 · Verbs

陪 péi “to accompany” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 陪 means

  1. to accompany
  2. to keep someone company
  3. to keep sb company
  4. to assist

How to say 陪

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陪péi2nd tone, rising

陪 in a sentence

  1. 我弟弟小的时候，我常常陪他去公园。

    Wǒ dìdi xiǎo de shíhou, wǒ chángcháng péi tā qù gōngyuán.

    When my little brother was young, I often took him to the park.

    Sentence #788992 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我陪你去机场吧。

    Wǒ péi nǐ qù jīchǎng ba.

    I’ll go to the airport with you.

    Sentence #619470 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 如果你不想一个人呆着，我可以陪着你。

    Rúguǒ nǐ bù xiǎng yí ge rén dāi zhe, wǒ kěyǐ péi zhe nǐ.

    If you don’t want to be alone, I can keep you company.

    Sentence #453726 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 陪 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 陪 (péi) with each of its parts in a different colour
陪péito accompany
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with péi.

How to write 陪

陪 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 陪

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

陪 (péi) means “to accompany” or “to keep someone company”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it péi: péi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 陪 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陪 from the suggestions. Typing pei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陪 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.