偏偏 piānpiān HSK7 precisely Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 偏偏 piānpiān precisely adverb used to emphasize that a specific person or thing is singled out, often unexpectedly or ironically; of all people or things 这么多人里,我偏偏遇到了他。 zhème duō rén lǐ, wǒ piānpiān yùdào le tā. Out of so many people, I happened to run into him of all people. unfortunately adverb indicating that something happens contrary to one's wishes or expectations; as luck would have it 我今天没带伞,偏偏就下雨了。 wǒ jīntiān méi dài sǎn, piānpiān jiù xiàyǔ le. I didn't bring an umbrella today, and wouldn't you know it, it started to rain. stubbornly adverb insistently or contrarily; in a way that goes against reason or what is normal 老师让他改正作业里的错字,他偏偏不听。 lǎoshī ràng tā gǎizhèng zuòyè lǐ de cuòzì, tā piānpiān bù tīng. The teacher told him to correct the typos in his homework, but he stubbornly refused to listen. Frequency Movie subtitles 4.56 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 13.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
偏偏 piānpiān precisely adverb used to emphasize that a specific person or thing is singled out, often unexpectedly or ironically; of all people or things 这么多人里,我偏偏遇到了他。 zhème duō rén lǐ, wǒ piānpiān yùdào le tā. Out of so many people, I happened to run into him of all people. unfortunately adverb indicating that something happens contrary to one's wishes or expectations; as luck would have it 我今天没带伞,偏偏就下雨了。 wǒ jīntiān méi dài sǎn, piānpiān jiù xiàyǔ le. I didn't bring an umbrella today, and wouldn't you know it, it started to rain. stubbornly adverb insistently or contrarily; in a way that goes against reason or what is normal 老师让他改正作业里的错字,他偏偏不听。 lǎoshī ràng tā gǎizhèng zuòyè lǐ de cuòzì, tā piānpiān bù tīng. The teacher told him to correct the typos in his homework, but he stubbornly refused to listen. Frequency Movie subtitles 4.56 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 13.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)