<p>偏见 is <em>bias of opinion or concept on different groups</em>, like race groups or religion groups.</p>

<p>偏心 is <em>bias of love on different persons</em>, like children.</p>

<p>偏私 is more used in ancient Chinese and it means <em>bias on people or group to which the subject belongs</em>.</p>

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zyy
<p>偏见 bias, prejudice </p>

<p>偏私 not impartial (especially when someone is supposed to be impartial)</p>

<p>偏心 (often referring to parents) love one of their children more than others. </p>

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John Z. Li
<p>偏見，偏私，and 偏心 all seem to mean <code>biased</code> in some form or another.</p>

<p>Is there a difference among the three, or are they interchangeable?</p>

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Difference between 偏見，偏私，and 偏心？
# Difference between 偏見，偏私，and 偏心？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-23)

偏見，偏私，and 偏心 all seem to mean `biased` in some form or another.

Is there a difference among the three, or are they interchangeable?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-23. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

偏见 is *bias of opinion or concept on different groups*, like race groups or religion groups.

偏心 is *bias of love on different persons*, like children.

偏私 is more used in ancient Chinese and it means *bias on people or group to which the subject belongs*.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-10-26. Score: 1

偏见 bias, prejudice

偏私 not impartial (especially when someone is supposed to be impartial)

偏心 (often referring to parents) love one of their children more than others.


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