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偏

piān

HSK 6 Character

What 偏 means

1. to lean
2. to slant
3. oblique
4. prejudiced
5. to deviate from average
6. to stray from the intended line
7. stubbornly
8. contrary to expectations

Example sentences

• 回答偏了。
  The answer misses the point.
• 我没有偏见。
  I have no prejudice.
• 我偏向和平主义。
  I am a fan of pacifism.
• 那个位置很偏僻。
  It's quite a remote spot.
• 他对外国人有偏见。
  Tā duìwài guórén yǒu piānjiàn.
  He has a prejudice against foreigners.
• 薛偏要在床上看电视
  Xuē piānyào zài chuáng shàng kàn diànshì
  Xue insists on watching TV in bed.

Words starting with 偏

• 偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately…
• 偏僻piān pìremote; desolate; far from the city
• 偏见piān jiànprejudice; bias
• 偏差piān chābias; deviation
• 偏爱piān àito be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer
• 偏远piān yuǎnremote; far from civilization
• 偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer; to incline
• 偏好piān hàoto have a special liking (for sth)
• 偏要piān yàoto insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything
• 偏离piān líto deviate; to diverge; to wander
• 偏激piān jīextreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
• 偏重piān zhòngto stress in a prejudiced way; to emphasize sth unduly
• 偏执piān zhíextreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
• 偏心piān xīnpartial; biased; prejudiced
• 偏颇piān pōbiased; partial
• 偏旁piān pángcomponent of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
• 偏袒piān tǎnto bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
• 偏方piān fāngfolk remedy; home remedy
• 偏西piān xīinclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
• 偏头痛piān tóu tòngmigraine
• 偏低piān dīto be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
• 偏光piān guāngpolarized light
• 偏劳piān láoundue trouble; Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
• 偏压piān yābiasing (electronics); bias voltage

Words containing 偏

• 不偏不倚bù piān bù yǐ(idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased
• 私偏sī piānselfish preference
• 走偏zǒu piānto deviate from the correct course; (fig.) to go astray
• 性偏好xìng piān hàosexual preference
• 日偏食rì piān shípartial eclipse of the sun
• 月偏食yuè piān shípartial eclipse of the moon
• 以偏概全yǐ piān gài quán(lit.) to take a part for the whole; to generalize
• 纠偏jiū piānto correct an error
• 傲慢与偏见Ào màn yǔ Piān jiànPride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen 珍·珍·奥斯汀
• 不偏斜bù piān xiénot leaning to one side; impartial; even-handed
• 走偏锋zǒu piān fēngto write with the tip of the brush tilted; (fig.) to resort to devious means
• 剑走偏锋jiàn zǒu piān fēngthe sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move…
• 补偏救弊bǔ piān jiù bìto remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
• 屋漏偏逢连夜雨wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔwhen it rains, it pours (idiom)
• 兼听则明，偏信则暗jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé ànlisten to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain…
• 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xínglit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)…

Characters built on 扁

These share the phonetic component 扁 (biǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 翩piānto fly fast
• 匾biǎnhorizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Characters that look like 偏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 傣DǎiDai ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read piān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 篇sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 扁(bound form) small
• 片disk; sheet
• 翩to fly fast
• 囨expression of contempt equivalent to 呸
• 犏used in 犏牛