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xiāng bàn · xiang ban

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to accompany sb
  2. to accompany each other
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An old couple in the park

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)那(nà)对(duì)老人(lǎorén)，每天(měitiān)都(dōu)在(zài)公园(gōngyuán)散步(sànbù)。

    Look at that old couple. They walk in the park every day.

  2. Liangliang

    听说(tīngshuō)他们(tāmen)已经(yǐjīng)相伴(xiāngbàn)五十年(wǔshínián)了(le)。

    I heard they have been together for fifty years.

  3. Dengdeng

    五十年(wǔshínián)相伴(xiāngbàn)，真(zhēn)让(ràng)人(rén)羡慕(xiànmù)。

    Fifty years together. How enviable.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)和(hé)谁(shéi)相伴(xiāngbàn)一生(yīshēng)？

    Who do you want to be with for life?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想想(xiǎngxiǎng)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)和(hé)我的(wǒde)沙发(shāfā)相伴(xiāngbàn)一生(yīshēng)。

    Let me think... I want to stay with my sofa for life.

  6. Liangliang

    沙发(shāfā)不能(bùnéng)和(hé)你(nǐ)一起(yīqǐ)散步(sànbù)！

    A sofa can't take walks with you!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)相(xiāng)伴(bàn)走(zǒu)过(guò)了(le)三(sān)十(shí)年(nián)的(de)风(fēng)风(fēng)雨(yǔ)雨(yǔ)。

They accompanied each other through thirty years of ups and downs.

02

这(zhè)只(zhī)老(lǎo)狗(gǒu)相(xiāng)伴(bàn)他(tā)多(duō)年(nián)，早(zǎo)已(yǐ)像(xiàng)家(jiā)人(rén)一(yí)样(yàng)。

This old dog has accompanied him for many years and is already like family.

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