偏向 meaning in English

piānxiàng

partial towards sth; to prefer

HSK 7-9verbnoun17 strokes

Meaning of 偏向

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

piānxiàng
  1. partial towards sth
  2. to prefer
  3. to incline
  4. erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)

偏向 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ更gèng偏piān向xiàng于yú这zhè个ge版bǎn本běn。
I prefer this version.
我wǒ偏piān向xiàng和hé平píng主zhǔ义yì。
I'm a fan of pacifism.
英yīng文wén中zhōng没méi有yǒu阴yīn阳yáng性xìng并bìng不bú是shì因yīn为wèi英yīng国guó人rén的de文wén化huà偏piān向xiàng平píng等děng。
The lack of gender in English is not due to the English having a more egalitarian culture.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

偏 piān · to lean · 11 strokes

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向 xiàng · towards · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 偏向.

方向fāngxiàngdirection; orientation
向前xiàng qiánforward; onward
一向yīxiànga period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all a
向上xiàngshàngupward; up
转向zhuǎnxiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
向导xiàngdǎoguide
倾向qīngxiàngtrend; tendency
面向miànxiàngto face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; (Tw) aspect; facet
偏偏piānpiān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as
指向zhǐxiàngto point towards; aimed at
偏见piānjiànprejudice; bias
去向qùxiàngdirection in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts

Questions about 偏向

What does 偏向 mean?

偏向 (piānxiàng) means "partial towards sth; to prefer" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 偏向?

偏向 is made of 2 characters: 偏 (11 strokes), 向 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 偏向 an HSK word?

Yes. 偏向 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.