偏安

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (偏安)		偏	安
simp. #(偏安)		偏	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piān'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ on¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piān'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pian-an
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-an¹
    • Yale: pyān-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianan
    • Palladius: пяньань (pjanʹanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹ on¹
    • Yale: pīn ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-ài
    • Tâi-lô: phian-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phien'aix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ai²¹/

Verb

偏安

1. to be content to retain sovereignty over a part of the country

Derived terms

• 偏安一隅