陪襯

Chinese

		to accompany; to keep sb. company	give alms; underwear; to line give alms; underwear; to line; lining; contrast; assist
trad. (陪襯)		陪	襯
simp. (陪衬)		陪	衬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péichèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄔㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ can³
• Eastern Min (BUC): buòi-cháing
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pôe-chhìn / pôe-chhàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péichèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄔㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péichèn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-chʻên⁴
    • Yale: péi-chèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirchenn
    • Palladius: пэйчэнь (pɛjčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ can³
    • Yale: pùih chan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ tsan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ cen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buòi-cháing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒaiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôe-chhìn
    • Tâi-lô: puê-tshìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poechixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue¹³⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôe-chhàn
    • Tâi-lô: puê-tshàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poezhaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan⁴¹/

Verb

陪襯

1. to serve as a contrast or foil; to set off

Synonyms

• 伴彈／伴弹 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 烘 (hōng) (figurative)
• 烘托 (hōngtuō)
• 襯托／衬托 (chèntuō)

 

Noun

陪襯

1. contrast; foil; that which sets off