偏 piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
偏差
piānchā
deviation; discrepancy; bias
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 由于统计口径不同，两组数据之间存在明显偏差。 Yóuyú tǒngjì kǒujìng bùtóng, liǎng zǔ shùjù zhījiān cúnzài míngxiǎn piānchā. Because the statistical criteria differ, there is a clear discrepancy between the two sets of data.
- 这台秤有一点偏差，称出来的重量不准。 Zhè tái chèng yǒu yīdiǎn piānchā, chēng chūlái de zhòngliàng bù zhǔn. This scale has a slight error, so the weight it shows isn't accurate.
- 他投篮总有一点偏差，球进不了。 Tā tóulán zǒng yǒu yīdiǎn piānchā, qiú jìn bù liǎo. His shots are always slightly off, so the ball doesn't go in.
Related words
- 偏 piān biased; partial; to deviate; rather
- 偏爱 piān'ài to favour; to be partial to
- 偏见 piānjiàn prejudice; bias
- 偏离 piānlí to deviate from; to depart from
- 偏旁 piānpáng radical; component of a Chinese character
- 偏僻 piānpì remote; out-of-the-way
- 偏偏 piānpiān unexpectedly; deliberately; just so happens that
- 偏向 piānxiàng tendency; inclination; to be partial towards
- 偏远 piānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 差 chà to lack, short of; to (in telling time)
- 差不多 chàbuduō almost; about the same
- 差别 chābié difference