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
偏见
piānjiàn
prejudice; bias
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 公共讨论若被偏见主导，理性的妥协就会变得困难。 Gōnggòng tǎolùn ruò bèi piānjiàn zhǔdǎo, lǐxìng de tuǒxié jiù huì biànde kùnnan. If public discussion is dominated by prejudice, rational compromise becomes difficult.
- 不要对别人有偏见，先了解他再说。 Bú yào duì biérén yǒu piānjiàn, xiān liǎojiě tā zài shuō. Don't be prejudiced against others; get to know them first.
- 他因为偏见，一直不愿意尝试新的食物。 Tā yīnwèi piānjiàn, yīzhí bù yuànyì chángshì xīn de shíwù. Because of prejudice, he never wanted to try new foods.
Related words
- 偏 piān biased; partial; to deviate; rather
- 偏爱 piān'ài to favour; to be partial to
- 偏差 piānchā deviation; discrepancy; 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
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of