偏 (pin1 | pian1) : slanting; partial; deviate from; uncommon

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偏

pin1

pian1

[1] [adj] slanting; leaning; inclining to one side
[2] [adj] partial; prejudiced; biased; unfair
[3] [v] deviate from the normal direction/course
[4] [adj] uncommon; rare; outlying
[5] [adj] subordinate; assistant
[6] [adv] wilfully; deliberately; persistently

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

偏

This word has been viewed 8100 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Nov 2010 04:15

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偏向 pin1 hoeng3 pian1 xiang4 = [v] biased toward, [n] bad tendency

偏偏 pin1 pin1 pian1 pian1 = unfortunately; something other than expected

偏袒 pin1 taan2 = favoritism, nepotism

偏重 pin1 cung5 = lay particular stress on

偏門 pin1 mun4*2 = side door, side line; illegal triad activities

不偏不倚 bat1 pin1 bat1 ji2 bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3 = even-handed, impartial, unbiased 國

偏見 pin1 gin3 pian1 jian4 = prejudice; biased

偏僻 pin1 pik1 pian1 pi4 = [adj] far from the city; remote

偏差 pin1 caa1 pian1 cha1 = bias; deviation; offset

偏差距離 pin1 caa1 keoi5 lei4 pian1 cha1 ju4 li2 = offset distance

偏愛 pin1 oi3 pian1 ai4 = favor; preference

偏遠 pin1 jyun5 pian1 yuan3 = remote; far from civilization

偏離 pin1 lei6 pian1 li2 = deviate; diverge; wander

偏心 pin1 sam1 = partial, biased; favouritism

偏遠的地方 pin1 jyun5 dik1 dei6 fong1 = remote sites

偏私 pin1 si1 pian1 si1 = practice favoritism

以偏概全 ji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4 yi3 pian1 gai4 quan2 = generalize

人種偏見 jan4 zung2 pin1 gin3 ren2 zhong3 pian1 jian4 = racism

偏頭痛 pin1 tau4 tung3 pian1 tou2 tong4 = migraine

糾偏 gau2 pin1 jiu1 pian1 = to rectify a deviation

偏財 pin1 coi4 pian1 cai2 = windfall; unexpected source of money

偏幫 pin1 bong1 pian1 bang1 = bias by helping a certain person instead of another

偏待 pin1 doi6 pian1 dai4 = treat preferentially

偏頗 pin1 po1 pian1 po1 = biased, partial

偏聽偏信 pin1 teng3 pin1 seon3 pian1 ting1 pian1 xin4 = selective listening; to hear what one wants to hear

偏執 pin1 zap1 pian1 zhi2 = stubbornly biased

偏激 pin1 gik1 pian1 ji1 = extreme (usually of thoughts, speech, circumstances)

偏微分 pin1 mei4 fan1 pian1 wei1 fen1 = [math.] partial differential, partial derivative

偏微分方程 pin1 mei4 fan1 fong1 cing4 pian1 wei1 fen1 fang1 cheng2 = partial differential equation (PDE)

偏正式合成詞 pin1 zing3 sik1 hap6 sing4 ci4 pian1 zheng4 shi4 he2 cheng2 ci2 = modified compound word

偏關 pin1 gwaan1 pian1 guan1 = Pianguan (place in Shanxi)

偏食 pin1 sik6 pian1 shi2 = [1] partiality towards a certain type of food [2] partial eclipse

偏癱 pin1 taan1 pian1 tan1 = hemiplegia

古法偏方 gu2 faat3 pin1 fong1 gu3 fa3 pian1 fang1 = ancient prescription

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 偏
Unicode code for this character: U+504f (off-site link)

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