"前奏" meaning in All languages combined

See 前奏 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 前奏
  1. (~曲) (music) prelude
    Sense id: en-前奏-zh-noun-5fP7KmMI Categories (other): Music
  2. (figurative) prelude; preliminary; preparation Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-前奏-zh-noun-MK3ne8mk
  3. Alternative name for 前戲/前戏 (qiánxì, “foreplay”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, name Alternative form of: 前戲 (extra: qiánxì, “foreplay”), 前戏 (extra: qiánxì, “foreplay”)
    Sense id: en-前奏-zh-noun-bHPawLHM Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 20 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 9 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 5 60

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː] Forms: 前奏 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (そう)), zensō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんそう}} 前(ぜん)奏(そう) • (zensō)
  1. prelude

Noun [Korean]

Forms: jeonju [romanization], 전주 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hj|hangeul=전주}} 前奏 • (jeonju) (hangeul 전주)
  1. hanja form of 전주 (“prelude”) Tags: form-of, hanja Form of: 전주 (extra: prelude)
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "prelude"
        ]
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        "(~曲) (music) prelude"
      ]
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        "(figurative) prelude; preliminary; preparation"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "qiánxì, “foreplay”",
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        },
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        }
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyantzow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹczou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ zau³"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn jau"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ dzau³"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "前奏"
}

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        ]
      ],
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    }
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          "前",
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        ],
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          "奏",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんそー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前奏"
}

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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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        "hangeul"
      ]
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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}
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "(music) prelude"
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      ],
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          "preliminary",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) prelude; preliminary; preparation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "extra": "qiánxì, “foreplay”",
          "word": "前戲"
        },
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          "extra": "qiánxì, “foreplay”",
          "word": "前戏"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative name for 前戲/前戏 (qiánxì, “foreplay”)."
      ],
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        [
          "前戲",
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        ],
        [
          "前戏",
          "前戏#Chinese"
        ],
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          "foreplay"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-tsou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-dzòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyantzow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹczou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньцзоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ zau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn jau"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "前奏"
}

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      "ruby": [
        [
          "後奏",
          "こうそう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "前奏",
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        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "奏",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "zensō",
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      ]
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  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese lemmas",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 奏 read as そう",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんそー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前奏"
}

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      "form": "jeonju",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "전주",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "hj",
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      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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        "hanja form of 전주 (“prelude”)"
      ],
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          "hanja#English"
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          "전주",
          "전주#Korean"
        ],
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          "prelude"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "前奏"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.