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Chinese
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one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side |
to bare
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| trad. (偏袒)
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偏
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袒
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| simp. #(偏袒)
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偏
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袒
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Etymology
From a story recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian:
太尉將之入軍門，行令軍中曰：「為呂氏右袒，為劉氏左袒。」軍中皆左袒為劉氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
太尉将之入军门，行令军中曰：「为吕氏右袒，为刘氏左袒。」军中皆左袒为刘氏。 [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
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| Character
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偏
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偏
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袒
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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| Initial (聲)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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定 (7)
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| Final (韻)
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仙 (77)
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仙 (77)
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寒 (61)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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I
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| Fanqie
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芳連切
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匹戰切
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徒旱切
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| Baxter
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phjien
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phjienH
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danX
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʰiᴇn/
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/pʰiᴇnH/
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/dɑnX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʰiɛn/
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/pʰiɛnH/
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/dɑnX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/pʰjæn/
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/pʰjænH/
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/dɑnX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/pʰian/
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/pʰianH/
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/danX/
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Li
Rong
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/pʰiɛn/
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/pʰiɛnH/
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/dɑnX/
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Wang
Li
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/pʰĭɛn/
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/pʰĭɛnH/
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/dɑnX/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/pʰi̯ɛn/
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/pʰi̯ɛnH/
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/dʱɑnX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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piān
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piàn
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dàn
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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pin1
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pin3
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daan6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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偏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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piān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ phjien ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰe/
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| English
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oblique; subordinate
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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偏
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偏
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袒
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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2/2
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| No.
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712
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718
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2075
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Phonetic
component
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扁
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扁
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旦
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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篇
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騗
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袒
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰen/
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/*pʰens/
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/*rdeːns/
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Verb
偏袒
- (literary, literally) to bare one shoulder
- to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)
Synonyms