片面

Chinese

		a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (片面)		片	面
simp. #(片面)		片	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ min⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiàn-bīn / phiàn-biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piànmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: pyàn-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannmiann
    • Palladius: пяньмянь (pjanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin³ min⁶
    • Yale: pin mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: phiàn-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiernbin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-biān
    • Tâi-lô: phiàn-biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiernbien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/

Adjective

片面

1. unilateral
2. one-sided

   • 他們片面地注重重工業，忽視農業和輕工業，因而市場上的貨物不夠，貨幣不穩定。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们片面地注重重工业，忽视农业和轻工业，因而市场上的货物不够，货币不稳定。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen piànmiàn de zhùzhòng zhònggōngyè, hūshì nóngyè hé qīnggōngyè, yīn'ér shìchǎng shàng de huòwù bùgòu, huòbì bù wěndìng. [Pinyin]

     Their lop-sided stress on heavy industry to the neglect of agriculture and light industry results in a shortage of goods on the market and an unstable currency.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one-sided”): 全面 (quánmiàn)

Derived terms

• 片面之言
• 片面之詞／片面之词 (piànmiànzhīcí)
• 片面性 (piànmiànxìng)