偏袒

Chinese

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

Etymology

行令:「。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
行令:“。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
Bó rù jūn mén, xínglìng jūn zhōng yuē: “Wèi Lǚ shì yòu tǎn, wèi Liú shì zuǒ tǎn.” Jūn jiē zuǒ tǎn. Bó suì jiāng běi jūn. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)

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
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
piān
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjien ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰe[n]/
English oblique; subordinate

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
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