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老伴儿

老伴儿 (lǎo bàn): Spouse / Old companion (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

老伴儿 consists of 3 characters.

companion, partner, to accompany

Word Info

Pinyinlǎo bàn

MeaningSpouse / Old companion

Characters3

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word老伴儿

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3.

How to Use 老伴儿 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 老伴儿 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith位

yí wèi lǎobànr

一位老伴儿

neutral

an old partner

Subject + Verbwith去世

lǎobànr qùshì le

老伴儿去世了

neutral

(my) old partner passed away

Preposition + Nounwith和

hé lǎobànr yīqǐ

和老伴儿一起

neutralSpoken

Possessive + Nounwith我

wǒ de lǎobànr

我的老伴儿

neutral

my old partner

4.

Example Sentences with 老伴儿

wǒ我

de的

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

hěn很

hǎo好

together with (my) old partner

。

My old partner is very good.

wǒ我

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

zuì最

jìn近

mí迷

shàng上

le了

yuán园

yì艺

，

bǎ把

yáng阳

tái台

dǎ打

lǐ理

dé得

shēng生

jī机

bó勃

bó勃

。

My spouse has recently become fascinated with gardening, making the balcony full of life.

zài在

bān颁

jiǎng奖

diǎn典

lǐ礼

shàng上

，

tā他

shēn深

qíng情

dì地

gǎn感

xiè谢

le了

péi陪

bàn伴

tā他

duō多

nián年

de的

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

。

At the awards ceremony, he affectionately thanked his longtime spouse for her years of companionship.

yé爷

yé爷

měi每

tiān天

hé和

nǎi奶

nǎi奶

yì一

qǐ起

sàn散

bù步

，

tā他

men们

shì是

xìng幸

fú福

de的

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

。

Grandpa takes a walk with Grandma every day; they are happy old partners.

nín您

de的

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

shì是

fǒu否

yě也

zhī支

chí持

nín您

cān参

jiā加

zhè这

cì次

shè社

qū区

gōng公

yì益

huó活

dòng动

ne呢

？

Does your spouse also support your participation in this community public service activity?

suī虽

rán然

wǒ我

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

bú不

shàn擅

cháng长

pēng烹

rèn饪

，

dàn但

tā他

zǒng总

shì是

zhǔ主

dòng动

chéng承

dān担

xǐ洗

wǎn碗

de的

rèn任

wu务

。

Although my spouse is not good at cooking, he always takes the initiative to do the dishes.

zhè这

duì对

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

tuì退

xiū休

hòu后

，

jīng经

cháng常

yì一

qǐ起

lǚ旅

xíng行

，

xiǎng享

shòu受

yōu悠

xián闲

de的

wǎn晚

nián年

shēng生

huó活

。

This old couple often travels together after retirement, enjoying a leisurely life in their later years.

měi每

dāng当

yù遇

dào到

kùn困

nán难

，

yǔ与

lǎo老

bàn伴

ér儿

gòng共

tóng同

miàn面

duì对

zǒng总

néng能

ràng让

wǒ我

huò获

dé得

mò莫

dà大

de的

yǒng勇

qì气

。

Whenever I encounter difficulties, facing them together with my spouse always gives me immense courage.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 老伴儿.

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīHSK 1
老人lǎo rénHSK 3
老家lǎo jiāHSK 4
老年lǎo niánHSK 4
老是lǎo shiHSK 4
老虎lǎo hǔHSK 4
古老gǔ lǎoHSK 5
老公lǎo gōngHSK 5

Words with 伴

伙伴huǒ bànHSK 5
陪伴péi bànHSK 5
伴侣bàn lǚHSK 6
伴随bàn suíHSK 6
同伴tóng bànHSK 6
伴奏bàn zòuHSK 7-9
相伴xiāng bànHSK 7-9

Words with 儿

儿子ér ziHSK 1
哪儿nǎ erHSK 1
女儿nǚ érHSK 1
这儿zhè rHSK 1
那儿nà rHSK 1
一点儿yī diǎn erHSK 1
好玩儿hǎo wán rHSK 1
有点儿

yǒu diǎn r

HSK 1