偏要 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to insist on doing sth
  2. must do it, despite everything
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to insist on (doing something despite the wishes of someone else)
    (syn.) 硬爱, 硬愛
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    薛偏要在床上看电视
    薛偏要在牀上看電視
    xuē piān yào zài chuáng shàng kàn diàn shì
    • Xue insists on watching TV in bed.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢睇死我做唔到画家，我就偏偏要加倍努力做到俾佢睇。
    佢睇死我做唔到畫家，我就偏偏要加倍努力做到俾佢睇。
    keoi5 tai2 sei2 ngo5 zou6 m4 dou2 waa2 gaa1, ngo5 zau6 pin1 pin1 jiu3 gaa1 pui5 nou5 lik6 zou6 dou2 bei2 keoi5 tai2.
    • He thinks I'd never become a painter, but I'll work twice as hard to make it, and then he'll see (that he's wrong).
  2. Cantonese
    你唔俾我食，我就偏要食。
    你唔俾我食，我就偏要食。
    nei5 m4 bei2 ngo5 sik6, ngo5 zau6 pin1 jiu3 sik6
    • The more you keep me from eating, the more I want to eat.
  3. Cantonese
    佢阿爸成日想佢继承家业，但佢又偏偏要读美术，正一顶心杉。
    佢阿爸成日想佢繼承家業，但佢又偏偏要讀美術，正一頂心杉。
    • His father always wants him to pick up the family bussiness, yet he went off to study fine art, what an eyesore.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    然而曾某却偏要日以吹拍为事，日以造谣中伤为事。
    然而曾某卻偏要日以吹拍為事，日以造謠中傷為事。
    Ｒáｎéｒ zēng mǒu què piān yào rì yǐ chuī pāi wéi shì ， rì yǐ zào yáo zhòng shāng wéi shì ．
    • However, Zeng insisted on engaging in flattery on one day and defamation on the other.