偏袒

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Chinese

one-sided; to lean; to slant
one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side
 
to bare
trad. (偏袒)
simp. #(偏袒)

Etymology

From a story recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian:

太尉軍門行令:「。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
太尉军门行令:「。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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.
The Grand Marshal carried it and entered the entrance to the army camp, and issued an order to the army, saying, "Those in support of the Lü show their right shoulder, and those in support of the Liu show their left shoulder." The whole army showed their left shoulder in support of the Liu.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
Initial () (2) (2) (7)
Final () (77) (77) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III I
Fanqie
Baxter phjien phjienH danX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰiᴇn/ /pʰiᴇnH/ /dɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/ /dɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰjæn/ /pʰjænH/ /dɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰian/ /pʰianH/ /danX/
Li
Rong
/pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/ /dɑnX/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭɛn/ /pʰĭɛnH/ /dɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ɛn/ /pʰi̯ɛnH/ /dʱɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
piān piàn dàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pin1 pin3 daan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
piān
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjien ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰe/
English oblique; subordinate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
No. 712 718 2075
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰen/ /*pʰens/ /*rdeːns/

Verb

偏袒

  1. (literary, literally) to bare one shoulder
  2. to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)

Synonyms

  • (to side with): ()