偏袒
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Chinese[edit]
one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side |
to bare | ||
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trad. (偏袒) | 偏 | 袒 | |
simp. #(偏袒) | 偏 | 袒 |
Etymology[edit]
From a story recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian:
- 太尉將之入軍門,行令軍中曰:「為呂氏右袒,為劉氏左袒。」軍中皆左袒為劉氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Tàiwèi jiāng zhī rù jūnmén, xínglìng jūn zhōng yuē: “Wèi Lǚ shì yòu tǎn, wèi Liú shì zuǒ tǎn.” Jūn zhōng jiē zuǒ tǎn wèi Liú shì. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
太尉将之入军门,行令军中曰:「为吕氏右袒,为刘氏左袒。」军中皆左袒为刘氏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pin1 taan2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-thán
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄊㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: piantǎn
- Wade–Giles: pʻien1-tʻan3
- Yale: pyān-tǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piantaan
- Palladius: пяньтань (pjanʹtanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pin1 taan2
- Yale: pīn táan
- Cantonese Pinyin: pin1 taan2
- Guangdong Romanization: pin1 tan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/
- Homophones:
偏癱/偏瘫
偏袒
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-thán
- Tâi-lô: phian-thán
- Phofsit Daibuun: phientarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: phjien|phjienH danX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰen|pʰens rdeːns/
Verb[edit]
偏袒
- (literary, literally) to bare one shoulder
- to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)