Chinese symbol for “lean”
偏
piān
to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lean is 偏 (piān), defined as: to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lean”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精瘦 | jīng shòu | (coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender |
| 倾斜 (傾斜) | qīng xié | to incline; to lean |
| 侧 (側) | cè | the side; to incline towards |
| 瘦 | shòu | thin; to lose weight |
| 倾 (傾) | qīng | to overturn; to collapse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 偏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏见 (偏見) | piān jiàn | prejudice; bias |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth; to prefer |
| 偏离 (偏離) | piān lí | to deviate; to diverge |
| 偏好 | piān hào | to have a special liking (for sth) |
| 偏差 | piān chā | deviation; bias |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lean”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.