piān
偏 (piān) is a Chinese word meaning “to lean; to slant; oblique”.
Meanings
- 1to lean
- 2to slant
- 3oblique
- 4prejudiced
- 5to deviate from average
- 6to stray from the intended line
- 7stubbornly
- 8contrary to expectations
- Part of speech
- adjective, adverb
Related words
偏见prejudice偏离to deviate偏偏(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened偏执extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion偏僻remote偏爱to be partial towards sth偏远remote偏好to have a special liking (for sth)偏向partial towards sth偏袒to bare one shoulder偏差bias偏激extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)