# 偏偏 (piānpiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 偏偏 (piānpiān) means “(adv) contrary to expectation”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv) contrary to expectation
- Pinyin: piānpiān (pian1 pian1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们刚要出门，天偏偏下雨了。
  Wǒmen gāng yào chūmén, tiān piānpiān xiàyǔle.
  We were just going out when it happened to rain.

## Characters

- [偏](https://hanziro.com/word/pian-slant/) (piān): to slant; biased

https://hanziro.com/word/pian-pian-contrary-expectation/

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