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片面

piàn miàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

片面 (piàn miàn) means "one-sided; unilateral". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 片面 means

1. unilateral
2. one-sided

The characters in 片面

• 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 我吃一片面包。
  I eat a slice of bread.
• 我要另一片面包。
  I want another slice of bread.
• 事物都有两面性。极端的人只看得见片面。
  Shìwù dōu yǒu liǎngmiàn xìng. jíduān de rén zhǐ kàndéjiàn piànmiàn.
  Everything has two sides. Fanatics only see one.
• 关于这个问题，我觉得垃圾媒体只报道了很片面的信息。
  Guānyú zhège wèntí, wǒ juéde lājī méitǐ zhǐ bàodào le hěn piànmiàn de xìnxī.
  Concerning this issue, I feel that the trash media only report biased information.

Where 片面 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Wearing, Floating & Style (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read piàn miàn correctly.
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