Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Biased; partial; prejudiced: Showing an unfair preference for one side, person, or group over another; lacking neutrality.
   • Taking sides: Demonstrating favoritism in a judgment or decision.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ban giám khảo bị cáo buộc là tây vị. (The judging panel was accused of being biased.)
  • Một bài báo khách quan không được tây vị. (An objective article must not be partial.)
  • Anh ấy luôn tây vị cho đồng nghiệp thân thiết của mình. (He always takes sides with his close colleague.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal or critical contexts to describe unfairness in judgment, such as in journalism, refereeing, management, or legal matters.
• It implies a conscious or subconscious inclination that affects fairness.

Variants and Related Words

• Thiên vị (adj): This is a more common and direct synonym for "biased" or "partial."
  • Quyết định đó rõ ràng là thiên vị. (That decision was clearly biased.)

Synonyms

• Biased: Inclined for or against one person or group unfairly.
• Partial: Favoring one side unduly.
• Prejudiced: Having a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason.
• Unfair: Not based on or behaving according to principles of equality and justice.

Antonyms

• Công bằng (adj): Fair, just.
• Vô tư (adj): Impartial, unbiased.
• Khách quan (adj): Objective.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Không tây vị ai: To be impartial toward everyone; without favoritism.
  • Một vị quan tòa tốt phải không tây vị ai. (A good judge must be impartial toward everyone.)