Taxonomy of meanings for 伴:　　

  • 伴 bàn (OC: baanʔ MC: bʷɑn) 蒲旱切 上 廣韻：【侶也依也蒲旱切三 】
    • ACCOMPANY
      • vt+V[0]accompany somebody Ving, V together with somebody
      • vtoNact as companion to [no early examples found so far]
    • DIVIDE
      • vtoNdivide into equal halves???
    • FRIEND
      • ncompanion
      • nabfigurativecompanion
    • FRIEND
      • ncompanion
      • nabfigurativecompanion
    • COMPARE
    • 伴 bàn (OC: baans MC: bʷɑn) 薄半切 去 廣韻：【伴奐見詩 】

      Additional information about 伴

      說文解字: 【伴】，大皃。从人、半聲。 【薄滿切】

        Criteria
      • ACCOMPANY

        [ASCENDING/DESCENDING]

        [GENERAL or SPECIALISED]

        [GRAMMATICALISED/LEXICAL]

        [HIERARCHICAL/NON-HIERARCHICAL]

        [MOVING/STATIONARY]

        1. The general word for accompanying someone of superior status is probably shì 侍 refers to polite attendance upon a master or leader, typically while in residence, but occasionally also on journeys. See SERVE.

        [ASCENDING], [STATIONARY]

        2. Péi 陪 typically refers to accompanying someone who is moving, and it adds to the literal meaning of accompaniment of a superior that of general support.

        [ASCENDING], [MOVING]

        3. Jù 俱 and xié 偕 refer to a symmetric relation of togetherness rather than the transitive action of accompaniment of a superior. See TOGETHER.

        [GENERAL], [NON-HIERARCHICAL]

        4. Yǔ 與 adds to the notion of accompaniment that of tactical association, the siding with someone, and occasionally the latter nuance is stronger than the meaning "to accompany" so that the word comes to mean purely "to side with".

        [DESCENDING!]

        5. Ba4n 伴 is to keep company as a friend.

        6. Co2ng 從 is to keep company as a follower.

        7. So4ng 送 is to keep company with someone who is leaving.

      • FRIEND

        1. The most general current word for a friend is yǒu 友 (ant. dí 敵 "enemy"), and the specific nuance indicated by this word is that of a commonality of feelings and interests, although it must be noted that the etymological link of the word is with the notion of "help", and in pre-SHI times the word tended to refer to cooperating associates rather than friends.

        2. Péng 朋 typically refers to a person of similar educational background and a similar political or social agenda.

        3. Dǎng 黨 refers to group of péng 朋 pursuing a common aim, and the word is normally derogatory in meaning.

        4. Bàn 伴 and lu# 侶 refer to a companion during a specified period of time.

        5. Pǐ 匹 and chóu 儔 refer to a person of similar professional or social background who for this reason has connections with one.

        6. Jiù 舊, gù rén 故人, gù zhī 故知, and jiù gù 舊故 (all ant. shēng rén 生人 "stranger") refer to old acquaintances linked together by common experiences in the distant past.

        7. Zhī yīn 知音 refers to person who has a proper sense for the special qualities of another in such a way that he is linked to him by deep bonds of spiritual friendship.

        8. Hǎo 好 often refers to relations of friendship and good-will between states and communities, but also between individuals.