Chinese Word Entry

以偏概全
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄢ ㄍㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): yǐ piān gài quán
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4
Definitions:
  1. (lit) to take a part for the whole

  2. to generalize


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Chinese characters used in this word

by means of, because, in view of, compared with, thereby, therefore, consider as, in order to
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧˇ (yǐ), ㄙˋ (sì)
Cantonese: ji5
Japanese: イ (i) / もっ.て (motte)、 おもう (omou)、 ゆえに (yueni)
Korean: 이 (i)
Vietnamese:

partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased, inclined one side, slanting
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄧㄢ (piān)
Cantonese: pin1
Japanese: ヘン (hen) / かたよ.る (katayoru)、 ひとえに (hitoeni)
Korean: 편 (pyeon)
Vietnamese: thiên

outline, condition, approximation, generally, approximately
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄞˋ (gài), ㄍㄨㄟˋ (guì), ㄐㄧㄝˊ (jié)
Cantonese: koi3
Japanese: ガイ (gai)、 カイ (kai) / おおむ.ね (oomune)、 とかき (tokaki)、 おもむき (omomuki)
Korean: 개 (gae)
Vietnamese: khái
Variants
Semantic variant form:

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill, maintain, keep whole or intact
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ (quán)
Cantonese: cyun4
Japanese: ゼン (zen)、 セン (sen) / まった.く (mattaku)、 すべ.て (subete)、 まったい (mattai)、 まっとうする (mattousuru)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: toàn