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 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
以 | 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: | dĩ |
偏 | 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 |
概 | 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: | 槪 |
全 | 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 |