偏转 (piān zhuǎn) — to swerve, to veer; (physics) to deflect

Definition

verb

to swerveto veer(physics) to deflect

偏转，。
Qì chē tū rán piān zhuǎn, bì kāi le qián miàn de zhàng ài wù.
The car suddenly swerved to avoid the obstacle ahead.
，偏转。
Zài diàn chǎng zhōng, dài diàn lì zǐ huì fā shēng piān zhuǎn.
In an electric field, charged particles will undergo deflection.
偏转，。
Tā de guān diǎn fā shēng le míng xiǎn de piān zhuǎn, cóng zhī chí biàn chéng le fǎn duì.
His viewpoint underwent a clear deflection, from support to opposition.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

偏piānaside/askew

偏 contributes the sense of aside, and 转 contributes turning; together they mean to turn aside or deflect.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻扁偏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

扁

Same sound today

偏 combines 亻 (人, a person) with 扁, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

車專轉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān轉zhuǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.