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Translingual

Han character

(radical 170 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜廿口 (NLYTR), four-corner 70261, composition)

  1. accompany, be with, keep company

References

  • KangXi: page 1352, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41680
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1855, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4141, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+966A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
*bɯːʔ
*bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
*bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
*pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
*pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
*pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
*bɯ
*pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
*boːʔ, *bɯː
*boːʔ
*boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
*pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
*pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
*bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
*bɯ
*bɯː
*bɯː
*bɯː
*bɯːs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/buoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/buɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bwəj/
Li
Rong
/buᴀi/
Wang
Li
/buɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9866
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bɯː/

Verb

  1. to keep someone company; to accompany; to go with
    醫院探望媽媽一直 [MSC, trad.]
    医院探望妈妈一直 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài wǒ qù yīyuàn tànwàng māmā shí, tā yīzhí péi zhe wǒ. [Pinyin]
    He kept me company while I visited mum in hospital.
  2. to help; to assist

Synonyms

  • (to keep someone company): (more formal) 陪伴 (péibàn), (more formal) 陪同 (péitóng)
  • (to help): 協助协助 (xiézhù)

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bae) (hangeul , revised bae, McCune-Reischauer pae, Yale pay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bồi)

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