伴奏

Chinese

		partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade	present a memorial; to achieve; to play
simp. and trad. (伴奏)		伴	奏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànzòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶ zau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phan-cheu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phǒaⁿ-chàu / phōaⁿ-chàu / phoǎn-chàu / pōaⁿ-chàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànzòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànzòu
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tsou⁴
  - Yale: bàn-dzòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntzow
  - Palladius: баньцзоу (banʹczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun⁶ zau³
  - Yale: buhn jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶ dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶ zeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²² t͡sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phan-cheu
  - Hakka Romanization System: pan zeu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pan⁴ zeu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵⁵ t͡seu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒaⁿ-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: phuǎnn-tsàu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuã²² t͡sau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: phuānn-tsàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvoaxzaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰuã³³⁻¹¹ t͡sau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuã³³⁻²¹ t͡sau²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuã²²⁻²¹ t͡sau²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoǎn-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: phuǎn-tsàu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan²² t͡sau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōaⁿ-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: puānn-tsàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaxzaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²²⁻²¹ t͡sau²¹/

Verb

伴奏

(music) to accompany; to play an accompaniment

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 伴彈／伴弹

Noun

伴奏

(music) accompaniment

Derived terms

無伴奏合唱 / 无伴奏合唱 (wúbànzòu héchàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (伴奏):

→ Japanese: 伴奏(ばんそう) (bansō)
→ Korean: 반주(伴奏) (banju)
→ Vietnamese: bạn tấu (伴奏)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伴	奏
ばん Grade: S	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

伴(ばん)奏(そう) • (bansō)

(music) accompaniment

Verb

伴(ばん)奏(そう)する • (bansō suru) suru (stem 伴(ばん)奏(そう)し (bansō shi), past 伴(ばん)奏(そう)した (bansō shita))

to accompany (to perform an accompanying part next to another instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "伴奏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	伴奏し	ばんそうし	bansō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	伴奏し	ばんそうし	bansō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	伴奏する	ばんそうする	bansō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	伴奏する	ばんそうする	bansō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	伴奏すれ	ばんそうすれ	bansō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	伴奏せよ¹ 伴奏しろ²	ばんそうせよ¹ ばんそうしろ²	bansō seyo¹ bansō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	伴奏される	ばんそうされる	bansō sareru
Causative	伴奏させる伴奏さす	ばんそうさせるばんそうさす	bansō saseru bansō sasu
Potential	伴奏できる	ばんそうできる	bansō dekiru
Volitional	伴奏しよう	ばんそうしよう	bansō shiyō
Negative	伴奏しない	ばんそうしない	bansō shinai
Negative continuative	伴奏せず	ばんそうせず	bansō sezu
Formal	伴奏します	ばんそうします	bansō shimasu
Perfective	伴奏した	ばんそうした	bansō shita
Conjunctive	伴奏して	ばんそうして	bansō shite
Hypothetical conditional	伴奏すれば	ばんそうすれば	bansō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

“伴奏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
伴	奏

Noun

伴奏 • (banju) (hangeul 반주)

hanja form^? of 반주 (“accompaniment”)