偏重

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (偏重)		偏	重
simp. ^#(偏重)		偏	重

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piānzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ cung⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-tiǒng / phian-tiōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piānzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pianjhòng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-chung⁴
  - Yale: pyān-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianjonq
  - Palladius: пяньчжун (pjanʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin¹ cung⁵
  - Yale: pīn chúhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ tsung⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ cung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-tiǒng
  - Tâi-lô: phian-tiǒng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: phian-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiendiong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/

Verb

偏重

to stress one aspect to the neglect of another

Synonyms

偏廢 / 偏废 (piānfèi)
側重 / 侧重 (cèzhòng)
強調 / 强调 (qiángdiào)
突出 (tūchū)
著重 / 着重 (zhuózhòng)
重申 (chóngshēn, “to reiterate”)
重點 / 重点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偏	重
へん Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんちょー [hèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

偏(へん)重(ちょう) • (henchō)

to stress one aspect to the neglect of another
学(がく)歴(れき)偏(へん)重(ちょう)の社(しゃ)会(かい)
gakureki henchō no shakai
a society that emphasizes educational background

Verb

偏(へん)重(ちょう)する • (henchō suru) transitive suru (stem 偏(へん)重(ちょう)し (henchō shi), past 偏(へん)重(ちょう)した (henchō shita))

emphasize too heavily; weigh too heavily
- 2024 December 19, 倉林明子 [Akiko Kurabayashi], quotee, “第216回国会　参議院　厚生労働委員会　第2号　令和6年12月19日 [216th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, No. 2, December 19, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 15 September 2025:
  しかし、監査、指導の重点が余りにも濫給防止の方に偏重しているんじゃないかという指摘あります。
  Shikashi, kansa, shidō no jūten ga amari ni mo rankyū bōshi no hō ni henchō shite iru n janai ka to iu shiteki ari masu.
  However, there are concerns that the focus of audits and guidance is too heavily weighted toward preventing excessive payments.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "偏重する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	偏重し	へんちょうし	henchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	偏重し	へんちょうし	henchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	偏重する	へんちょうする	henchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	偏重する	へんちょうする	henchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	偏重すれ	へんちょうすれ	henchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	偏重せよ¹ 偏重しろ²	へんちょうせよ¹ へんちょうしろ²	henchō seyo¹ henchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	偏重される	へんちょうされる	henchō sareru
Causative	偏重させる偏重さす	へんちょうさせるへんちょうさす	henchō saseru henchō sasu
Potential	偏重できる	へんちょうできる	henchō dekiru
Volitional	偏重しよう	へんちょうしよう	henchō shiyō
Negative	偏重しない	へんちょうしない	henchō shinai
Negative continuative	偏重せず	へんちょうせず	henchō sezu
Formal	偏重します	へんちょうします	henchō shimasu
Perfective	偏重した	へんちょうした	henchō shita
Conjunctive	偏重して	へんちょうして	henchō shite
Hypothetical conditional	偏重すれば	へんちょうすれば	henchō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“偏重”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026