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piān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
piān | pian1
English translation
to lean
to slant
oblique
prejudiced
to deviate from average
to stray from the intended line
stubbornly
contrary to expectations
left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
slanting, inclined; prejudiced

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About piān

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

piān

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of piān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻扁

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Piān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and Piān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using piān

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ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

春季 chūn jì 干燥 gānzào duō fēng , qíng duō shǎo , duō piān 南风.

In the spring dry windy, rainy, sunny little more southerly wind.

红外 hóng wài hōng dào 采用 cǎi yòng 特氟龙 wǎng dài 自动 zìdòng 纠偏 jiū piān 功能 gōngnéng ,精度高.

The use of infrared oven makes network with automatic rectifying that.

适合 shìhé 搭配 dāpèi 口味 kǒuwèi piān de Hóng ròu 野禽 yě qín lán 乳酪 rǔ lào .

Very spicy red game bird meat, ripe cheese.

chuán 沿着 yán zhe Xiàng běi piān Dōng de 方向 fāngxiàng 驶去.

The ship sailed north by east.

Words with piān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
piān to lean piān
偏见 piānjiàn prejudice偏見
偏偏 piānpiān as it happened偏偏 piānpiān
偏离 piān lí to deviate偏離
偏执 piān zhí prejudice偏執
偏僻 piānpì remote偏僻 piānpì
偏爱 piān aì to favor偏愛
偏差 piānchā bias偏差 piānchā
偏远 piān yuǎn remote偏遠
偏向 piān xiàng to prefer偏向 piān xiàng
偏好 piān hào to prefer偏好 piān hào
偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder偏袒 piān tǎn
偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)偏激 piān jī
偏重 piān zhòng to emphasize sth unduly偏重 piān zhòng
偏心 piān xīn partial偏心 piān xīn
偏颇 piān pō biased偏頗
偏方 piān fāng folk remedy偏方 piān fāng
偏移 piān yí displacement偏移 piān yí
偏转 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics)偏轉
不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ even-handed不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ
偏瘫 piān tān hemiplegia偏癱
偏头痛 piān tóu tòng migraine偏頭痛
偏西 piān xī inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)偏西 piān xī
以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán to generalize以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán
偏狭 piān xiá prejudiced偏狹

piān Decomposition & Compounds

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piān Decomposition

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