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以偏概全

Cantonese · source Jyutpingji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4

to conclude from a small sample or with bias

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

ji55 · low risingpin11 · high levelkoi33 · mid levelcyun44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

pin偏pin1to leanpin2—片pin3thin piece 骈pin4to pull side by sidepin5—pin6—

koikoi1—koi2—盖koi3to surpasskoi4—koi5—koi6—

cyun川cyun1river 窜cyun2to flee 串cyun3to string together 全cyun4allcyun5—cyun6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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以偏概全

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(lit.) to take a part for the whole; to generalize

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yi3 pian1 gai4 quan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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