"前言" meaning in All languages combined

See 前言 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Northern, Sixian, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/ [Hakka, Southern, Sixian, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA], /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Taipei], /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 前言
  1. earlier remarks
    Sense id: en-前言-zh-noun-pU25HfrE
  2. preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
    Sense id: en-前言-zh-noun-d22kVG1P Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 前言不搭後語 (qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ), 前言不搭后语 (qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ), 前言不答後語, 前言不答后语
Synonyms: 前序 (qiánxù), 前記 (qiánjì), 前记 (qiánjì), 卷首語 (juànshǒuyǔ), 卷首语 (juànshǒuyǔ), 導言 (dǎoyán), 导言 (dǎoyán), 小序 (xiǎoxù), 小引 (xiǎoyǐn), (), 序文 (xùwén), 序言 (xùyán), 弁言 (biànyán) [literary], 引言 (yǐnyán), 抐話頭 [Hokkien], 抐话头 [Hokkien], 發刊詞 (fākāncí) (english: to a new periodical), 发刊词 (fākāncí) (english: to a new periodical), 短序 (duǎnxù), 緒言 (xùyán), 绪言 (xùyán), 緒論 (xùlùn), 绪论 (xùlùn), 自序 (zìxù) (english: by the author), 話頭 [Hokkien], 话头 [Hokkien], 踏話頭 [Hokkien], 踏话头 [Hokkien], 開場白 (kāichǎngbái), 开场白 (kāichǎngbái), 頭序 [Hokkien], 头序 [Hokkien]

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 前言 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (げん)), zengen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんげん}} 前(ぜん)言(げん) • (zengen)
  1. previous remarks, last statement, earlier words
    Sense id: en-前言-ja-noun-XYl~ehXy
  2. preamble
    Sense id: en-前言-ja-noun-mpuaHD9U Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 22 21 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 22 21 32 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 83
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      "roman": "qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ",
      "word": "前言不搭後語"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ",
      "word": "前言不搭后语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "前言不答後語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "前言不答后语"
    }
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "전언(前言)"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earlier remarks"
      ],
      "id": "en-前言-zh-noun-pU25HfrE",
      "links": [
        [
          "earlier",
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          "remark"
        ]
      ]
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        "preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude"
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        [
          "preface",
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          "foreword"
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          "introductory"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ],
        [
          "preamble",
          "preamble"
        ],
        [
          "prelude",
          "prelude"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien ngien"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "前沿",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "前言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qien^ˇ ngien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qian² ngian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qien^ˇ ngian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qian² ngian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien ngien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "céng-ngé̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien'gieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien'gaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánxù",
      "word": "前序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánjì",
      "word": "前記"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánjì",
      "word": "前记"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "juànshǒuyǔ",
      "word": "卷首語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "juànshǒuyǔ",
      "word": "卷首语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dǎoyán",
      "word": "導言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dǎoyán",
      "word": "导言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎoxù",
      "word": "小序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎoyǐn",
      "word": "小引"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xù",
      "word": "序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùwén",
      "word": "序文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "序言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biànyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "弁言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnyán",
      "word": "引言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抐話頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抐话头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to a new periodical",
      "roman": "fākāncí",
      "translation": "to a new periodical",
      "word": "發刊詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to a new periodical",
      "roman": "fākāncí",
      "translation": "to a new periodical",
      "word": "发刊词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "duǎnxù",
      "word": "短序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "緒言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "绪言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùlùn",
      "word": "緒論"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xùlùn",
      "word": "绪论"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "by the author",
      "roman": "zìxù",
      "translation": "by the author",
      "word": "自序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "話頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "话头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踏話頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踏话头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichǎngbái",
      "word": "開場白"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichǎngbái",
      "word": "开场白"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头序"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前言"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前言",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zengen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんげん"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)言(げん) • (zengen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "previous remarks, last statement, earlier words"
      ],
      "id": "en-前言-ja-noun-XYl~ehXy",
      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "remarks",
          "remarks"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ],
        [
          "words",
          "words"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 22 21 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 22 21 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "preamble"
      ],
      "id": "en-前言-ja-noun-mpuaHD9U",
      "links": [
        [
          "preamble",
          "preamble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんげん"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前言"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 前",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 言",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ",
      "word": "前言不搭後語"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ",
      "word": "前言不搭后语"
    },
    {
      "word": "前言不答後語"
    },
    {
      "word": "前言不答后语"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "zengen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前言",
          "ぜんげん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "前言"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "jeoneon",
      "word": "전언(前言)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "前言",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earlier remarks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preface",
          "preface"
        ],
        [
          "foreword",
          "foreword"
        ],
        [
          "introductory",
          "introductory"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ],
        [
          "preamble",
          "preamble"
        ],
        [
          "prelude",
          "prelude"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien ngien"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciányán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "前沿",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "前言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qien^ˇ ngien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qian² ngian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhièn-ngiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qien^ˇ ngian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qian² ngian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien ngien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "céng-ngé̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng² ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeng⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiân-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien'gieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiân-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cien'gaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qiánxù",
      "word": "前序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánjì",
      "word": "前記"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánjì",
      "word": "前记"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juànshǒuyǔ",
      "word": "卷首語"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juànshǒuyǔ",
      "word": "卷首语"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎoyán",
      "word": "導言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎoyán",
      "word": "导言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎoxù",
      "word": "小序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎoyǐn",
      "word": "小引"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xù",
      "word": "序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùwén",
      "word": "序文"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "序言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biànyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "弁言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnyán",
      "word": "引言"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抐話頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抐话头"
    },
    {
      "english": "to a new periodical",
      "roman": "fākāncí",
      "translation": "to a new periodical",
      "word": "發刊詞"
    },
    {
      "english": "to a new periodical",
      "roman": "fākāncí",
      "translation": "to a new periodical",
      "word": "发刊词"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duǎnxù",
      "word": "短序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "緒言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùyán",
      "word": "绪言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùlùn",
      "word": "緒論"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùlùn",
      "word": "绪论"
    },
    {
      "english": "by the author",
      "roman": "zìxù",
      "translation": "by the author",
      "word": "自序"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "話頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "话头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踏話頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踏话头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichǎngbái",
      "word": "開場白"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichǎngbái",
      "word": "开场白"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭序"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头序"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前言"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "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",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前言",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zengen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんげん"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)言(げん) • (zengen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "previous remarks, last statement, earlier words"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "remarks",
          "remarks"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ],
        [
          "words",
          "words"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "preamble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preamble",
          "preamble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんげん"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前言"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "前言"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "前言",
  "trace": "started on line 23, detected on line 23"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
  "path": [
    "前言"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "前言",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2196",
  "msg": "parse_linkage_recurse unhandled NodeKind.URL: <URL(['https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=Thesaurus%3A%E5%BA%8F%E6%96%87'], ['edit']){} >",
  "path": [
    "前言"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "前言",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "前言"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "前言",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). 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.