HSK 6 · Ideas

偏差 piānchā “deviation” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 偏差 means

  1. deviation
  2. error
  3. bias

How to say 偏差

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale偏piān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale差chā1st tone, high and level

偏差 in a sentence

  1. 我们的理解有一点偏差。

    Wǒmen de lǐjiě yǒu yìdiǎn piānchā.

    There’s a slight difference in how we understood it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 测量结果出现了偏差。

    Cèliáng jiéguǒ chūxiàn le piānchā.

    The measurement results were off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 偏差 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 偏 (piān) with each of its parts in a different colour
偏piānto lean
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 扁flat · biǎnSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 扁 (biǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with piān.

The character 差 (chà) with each of its parts in a different colour
差chādifference; discrepancy
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 工work · gōng

How to write 偏差

偏 11 strokes · 差 9 strokes

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偏差 (piānchā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 偏差 (piānchā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 偏差

Words with 偏

偏僻piānpì · remote偏见piānjiàn · prejudice偏偏piānpiān · unexpectedly

Words with 差

差chà · differ from出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip差不多chàbuduō · almost时差shíchā · time difference差距chājù · gap误差wùchā · error差别chābié · difference相差xiāngchà · to differ

More words: Ideas & Concepts

南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose内涵nèihán · connotation凝聚níngjù · to condense配套pèitào · to form a complete set片断piànduàn · fragment偏见piānjiàn · prejudice品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality

FAQs

偏差 (piānchā) means “deviation” or “error”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it piānchā: piān with a 1st tone, then chā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 偏差 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type piancha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 偏差 from the suggestions. Typing piancha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
偏差 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.