偏

piān

adverb HSK 6 #4,226

Meanings

Zhè fú huà guà piān le.

This painting is hung crooked.

Wǒ jiào tā bié qù, tā piān yào qù.

I told him not to go, but he insisted on going.

Tā duì zhè jiàn shì yǒu piānjiàn.

He is biased about this matter.

Jīntiān piānpiān xiàyǔ le.

Of all days, it had to rain today.

usage

As an adverb, 偏 expresses doing something contrary to advice or expectations: '偏要' = insist on doing (against someone's wishes).

usage

偏见 (piānjiàn) = prejudice, 偏偏 (piānpiān) = unfortunately/as luck would have it, 偏远 (piānyuǎn) = remote.

偏 piān