伴娘
bàn niáng
Pinyin

Definition

伴娘
 - 
bàn niáng
  1. bridesmaid
  2. maid of honor
  3. matron of honor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伴
bàn
  1. 1 partner
  2. 2 companion
  3. 3 comrade
  4. 4 associate
  5. 5 to accompany
姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
娘
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
老娘
lǎo niáng
  1. 1 my old mother
  2. 2 I, this old woman
  3. 3 my old lady (colloquial)
  4. 4 maternal grandmother
  5. 5 midwife
陪伴
péi bàn
  1. 1 to accompany

Idioms (3)

伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie

Sample Sentences

这主要是伴郎、伴娘的任务。不过现在客人也不太会逼着他们喝。
zhè zhǔyào shì bànláng 、bànniáng de rènwu 。bùguò xiànzài kèren yě bùtài huì bī zhe tāmen hē 。
That's mainly the job of the best man and bridesmaid. But nowadays the guests won't really force them to drink.
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