偏 (piān): to lean, to slant, oblique
偏 (piān) is a Chinese character meaning “to lean.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 扁 (phonetic). It ranks #1199 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 偏 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to lean
- to slant
- oblique
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏见noun | piān jiàn | prejudice |
| 偏离verb | piān lí | to deviate |
| 偏偏adverb | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately |
| 偏执adjective | piān zhí | extreme and inflexible |
| 偏僻adjective | piān pì | remote |
| 偏爱verb | piān ài | to be partial towards sth |
| 偏远adjective | piān yuǎn | remote |
| 偏好adverb | piān hào | to have a special liking (for sth) |
| 偏向verb | piān xiàng | partial towards sth |
| 偏袒verb | piān tǎn | to bare one shoulder |
| 偏差noun | piān chā | bias |
| 偏激adjective | piān jī | extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) |
| 偏心adjective | piān xīn | partial |
| 不偏不倚phrase | bù piān bù yǐ | (idiom) even-handed |
| 偏转 | piān zhuǎn | deflection (physics) |
偏 appears in 100 compound words: 88 as the first character, 3 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 偏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 偏.
Example Sentences
那个偏影在月光下显得格外孤独。
nā gě piān yǐng zài yuè guāng xià xiǎn dé gé wài gū dú .
That shadow seemed especially lonely in the moonlight.
道指泻821点 港股ADR指数偏软
dào zhǐ xiè 8 2 1 diǎn gǎng gǔ A D R zhǐ shǔ piān ruǎn
The Dow fell 821 points, and the Hong Kong stock ADR index was soft
关税裁决逆转风险偏好 新兴市场ETF单日吸金4.3亿创流入...
guān shuì cái jué nì zhuǎn fēng xiǎn piān hǎo xīn xīng shì chǎng E T F dān rì xī jīn 4 . 3 yì chuàng liú rù . . .
Tariff rulings reverse risk appetite, emerging market ETFs attract 430 million yuan in a single day, creating inflows...
国教署投1.4亿 助偏乡839校活化教学
guó jiào shǔ tóu 1 . 4 yì zhù piān xiāng 8 3 9 jiào huó huà jiào xué
The State Education Administration invested 140 million yuan to help 839 schools in rural areas revitalize teaching
...迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏欧规设定
. . . dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān ōu guī shè dìng
... Di explained in detail the details of the localization of the Australian model, and the suspension was stiffer and more European
我对外籍员工没有偏见。
Wǒ duì wàijí yuángōng méiyǒu piānjiàn.
I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.
她出生于尼泊尔的一个偏远小山村。
Tā chūshēng yú Níbó'ěr de yī gè piānyuǎn xiǎo shāncūn.
She was born in a remote village in Nepal.
他故意射偏, 因为不想射死我。
Tā gùyì shè piān, yīnwèi bù xiǎng shè sǐ wǒ.
He missed on purpose so as not to kill me.
我偏好结局圆满的小说。
Wǒ piānhào jiéjú yuánmǎn de xiǎoshuō.
I prefer novels that have a happy ending.
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.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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