Meaning
one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side
Chinese: 偏向一边，也表示不正、恰巧。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “pian” becomes a different word in each tone. 偏 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily
- 偏见piān jiànprejudice; bias
- 偏僻piān pìremote; desolate; far from the city
- 偏差piān chābias; deviation
- 偏远piān yuǎnremote; far from civilization
Example Sentence
这道题他算偏了，答案不对。Zhè dào tí tā suàn piān le, dá àn bú duì.He miscalculated this problem; the answer is wrong.
这Zhèthis道dàoroad题títopic他tāhe算suànto calculate偏piānto lean了le(completed action)，答案dá ànanswer不对bú duìincorrect。