偏頗

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	quite; rather; uneven quite; rather; uneven; sloping
trad. (偏頗)		偏	頗
simp. (偏颇)		偏	颇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piānpō, piānpǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄛ, ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ po², pin¹ po¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānpō
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianpo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-pʻo¹
    • Yale: pyān-pwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianpo
    • Palladius: пяньпо (pjanʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānpǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianpǒ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-pʻo³
    • Yale: pyān-pwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianpoo
    • Palladius: пяньпо (pjanʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹ po², pin¹ po¹
    • Yale: pīn pó, pīn pō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ po², pin¹ po¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ po², pin¹ po¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵/, /pʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɔː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjien pha

Rime
Character	偏	頗
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	芳連切	滂禾切
Baxter	phjien	pha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇn/	/pʰuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæn/	/pʰuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰian/	/pʰwa/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰuɑ/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛn/	/pʰuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛn/	/pʰuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piān	pō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin1	po1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰe[n]  pʰˤa[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰen  pʰaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	偏	頗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	piān	pō
Middle Chinese	‹ phjien ›	‹ pha ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰe[n]/	/*pʰˁa[j]/
English	oblique; subordinate	slanting, oblique
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偏	頗
Reading #	1/2	1/3
No.	712	9727
Phonetic component	扁	皮
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	篇	頗
Old Chinese	/*pʰen/	/*pʰaːl/

Adjective

偏頗

1. (literary) biased; partial; unfair

Synonyms

• 不平 (bùpíng)
• 偏曲 (piānqū) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
• 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
• 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 公允 (gōngyǔn)
• 公平 (gōngpíng)
• 公正 (gōngzhèng)
• 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
• 公道 (gōngdao)
• 大正 (literary)
• 平允 (píngyǔn)
• 平正 (píngzhèng)
• 持平 (chípíng)
• 掠平 (Hokkien)