偏愛

See also: 偏爱

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (偏愛)		偏	愛
simp. (偏爱)		偏	爱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piān'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ oi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piān'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pian-ài
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-ai⁴
  - Yale: pyān-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianay
  - Palladius: пяньай (pjanʹaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin¹ oi³
  - Yale: pīn oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-ài
  - Tâi-lô: phian-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phien'aix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ ai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ai²¹/

Verb

偏愛

to be partial to; to favour; to show favouritism to; to prefer; to have a preference for

Synonyms

偏向 (piānxiàng)
偏好 (piānhào)
偏心 (piānxīn)
偏疼 (piānténg)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偏	愛
へん Grade: S	あい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんあい [hèń'áꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

Noun

偏(へん)愛(あい) • (hen'ai)

prejudicial treatment, favoritism

Verb

偏(へん)愛(あい)する • (hen'ai suru) suru (stem 偏(へん)愛(あい)し (hen'ai shi), past 偏(へん)愛(あい)した (hen'ai shita))

to show prejudicial treatment, to display favoritism

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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