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偏爱

piān ài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 偏愛

偏爱 (piān ài) means "to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 偏爱 means

1. to be partial towards sth
2. to favor
3. to prefer
4. preference
5. favorite

The characters in 偏爱

• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…

Example sentences

• 他偏爱加拿大的女人。
  Tā piān'ài Jiānádà de nǚrén.
  He prefers Canadian women.
• 相比于智慧更偏爱力量是不公平的。
  Xiāngbǐ yú zhìhuì gèng piān'ài lìliang shì bù gōngpíng de.
  It is not just to prefer strength to good wisdom.
• 我不喜欢假阳具，我更偏爱真的𣬠𣬶。
  Wǒ bù xǐhuan jiǎ yángjù, wǒ gèng piān'ài zhēn de jībā.
  I don't like using dildos, I prefer real cocks.
• 我偏爱繁体字。因为有大量的简体字的阅读材料，我也认识很多简体字。
  Wǒ piān'ài fántǐzì. yīnwèi yǒu dàliàng de jiǎntǐzì de yuèdú cáiliào, wǒ yě rènshi hěn duō jiǎntǐzì.
  I prefer traditional characters. Due to the abundance of reading materials in simplified characters, I can recognize many of them too.

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