陪 (péi): to accompany, to keep sb company, to assist
陪 (péi) is a Chinese character meaning “to accompany.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (semantic) and 咅 (phonetic). It ranks #1652 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 陪 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- to accompany
- to keep sb company
- to assist
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 陪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陪审团noun | péi shěn tuán | jury |
| 失陪verb | shī péi | Excuse me, I must be leaving now. |
| 陪审员noun | péi shěn yuán | juror |
| 奉陪verb | fèng péi | (honorific) to accompany |
| 陪葬verb | péi zàng | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) |
| 陪练verb | péi liàn | training partner |
| 陪衬verb | péi chèn | to serve as a foil |
| 作陪verb | zuò péi | to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company |
| 陪酒verb | péi jiǔ | to drink along (with sb) |
| 陪读verb | péi dú | to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas |
| 陪嫁noun | péi jià | dowry |
| 三陪小姐noun | sān péi xiǎo jie | female escort |
| 大陪审团noun | dà péi shěn tuán | grand jury |
| 地陪noun | dì péi | local guide |
| 陪都noun | péi dū | provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war) |
陪 appears in 33 compound words: 76 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 陪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
陪字由10笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
péi zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "陪" consists of ten strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
...论】邦你看市:别再假装你在投资 你只是在陪跑
. . . lùn bāng nǐ kàn shì : bié zài jiǎ zhuāng nǐ zài tóu zī nǐ zhī shì zài péi pǎo
... Commentary] Bang you look at the market: stop pretending that you are investing, you are just running along
陪彭佳慧走过婚变、事业低潮换绝情! 她叹:...
péi 彭 jiā huì zǒu guò hūn biàn , shì yè dī cháo huàn jué qíng ! tā tàn : . . .
Accompany Peng Jiahui through the marriage changes and career lows for heartlessness! She sighed: ...
约陪酒变调!男性侵不成殴女服务生致坠楼 上诉...
yuē péi jiǔ biàn diào ! nán xìng qīn bù chéng ōu nǚ fú wù shēng zhì zhuì lóu shàng sù . . .
Agree to accompany the wine to change the tone! The man assaulted the female waiter and fell from the building.
福遍县地区书记官庆马年 陪审员获酬劳红包
fú biàn xiàn dì qū shū jì guān qìng mǎ nián péi shěn yuán huò chóu láo hóng bāo
Fubian County District Clerk celebrates the Year of the Horse Jurors receive paid red envelopes
老来有福!3生肖女“晚年命最好” 有人陪、有钱花、有话语权
lǎo lái yǒu fú ! 3 shēng xiào nǚ wǎn nián mìng zuì hǎo yǒu rén péi , yǒu qián huā , yǒu huà yǔ quán
Blessed in old age! 3 zodiac women "have the best life in old age" have someone to accompany them, have money to spend, and have the right to speak
汤姆陪凯特走回家。
Tāngmǔ péi Kǎitè zǒu huíjiā.
Tom walked Kate home.
汤姆去波士顿陪爷爷奶奶过圣诞节。
Tāngmǔ qù Bōshìdùn péi yéye nǎinai guo Shèngdànjié.
Tom went to Boston to spend Christmas with his grandparents.
你想陪我逛公园吗？
Nǐ xiǎng péi wǒ guàng gōngyuán ma?
Would you like to take a stroll around the park with me?
明天有人要陪我去唱歌吗?
Míngtiān yǒurén yào péi wǒ qù chànggē ma?
Will anyone go singing with me tomorrow?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (place) component
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