"序言" meaning in Chinese

See 序言 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕy⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɵy̯²² jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɬy¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ɬy²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /sɯ²² ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /su²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /su³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Kaohsiung], /su³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Taipei], /si²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA], /ʑy²² ɦi⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-xùyán.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo], LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping] Forms: 敘言
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 序言
  1. preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
    Sense id: en-序言-zh-noun-d22kVG1P Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 前序 (qiánxù), 前言 (qiányán), 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), (xù), 序文 (xùwén), 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]
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "序言"
          },
          "expansion": "序言",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "序言",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "gloss": "",
            "pos": ""
          },
          "expansion": "序言(じょげん) (jogen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "서언(序言)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "序言",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "pos": "",
            "pos2": "",
            "pos3": "",
            "pos4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "序言",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "3": "서언",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "序言",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "序言",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "序言",
            "v": "序言",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "3": "서언"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "敘言"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "序言",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude"
      ],
      "id": "en-序言-zh-noun-d22kVG1P",
      "links": [
        [
          "preface",
          "preface"
        ],
        [
          "foreword",
          "foreword"
        ],
        [
          "introductory",
          "introductory"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ],
        [
          "preamble",
          "preamble"
        ],
        [
          "prelude",
          "prelude"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "qiánxù",
          "word": "前序"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiányán",
          "word": "前言"
        },
        {
          "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": "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",
          "word": "發刊詞"
        },
        {
          "english": "to a new periodical",
          "roman": "fākāncí",
          "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",
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-xùyán.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Zh-xùyán.ogg/Zh-xùyán.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-xùyán.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zhiu-yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsü⁴-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syù-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiuhyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjujjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюйянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "序言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緒言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "绪言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeuih yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu⁶ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯²² jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "序言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "贅言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "赘言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ̄-ngé̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬy¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬy²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suxgieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sixgaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zhiu-yi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhiu^去 yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³xxy-hhi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑy²² ɦi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "序言"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "序言"
          },
          "expansion": "序言",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "序言",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "gloss": "",
            "pos": ""
          },
          "expansion": "序言(じょげん) (jogen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "서언(序言)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "序言",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "pos": "",
            "pos2": "",
            "pos3": "",
            "pos4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "序言",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "3": "서언",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "序言",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "序言",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "序言",
            "v": "序言",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "じょげん",
            "3": "서언"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (序言):\n* → Japanese: 序言(じょげん) (jogen)\n* → Korean: 서언(序言) (seo'eon)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "敘言"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "序言",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Cantonese terms with homophones",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 序",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 言",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Puxian Min lemmas",
        "Puxian Min nouns",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns"
      ],
      "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": "xùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-xùyán.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Zh-xùyán.ogg/Zh-xùyán.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-xùyán.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-序言.wav"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zhiu-yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syùyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsü⁴-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syù-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiuhyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjujjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюйянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "序言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "緒言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "绪言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeuih yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey⁶ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu⁶ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯²² jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "序言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "贅言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "赘言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ̄-ngé̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬy¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sy⁵ ngyoeng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬy²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐr-giân"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sū-giân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suxgieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sī-gân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sixgaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zhiu-yi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhiu^去 yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³xxy-hhi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑy²² ɦi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qiánxù",
      "word": "前序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiányán",
      "word": "前言"
    },
    {
      "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": "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",
      "word": "發刊詞"
    },
    {
      "english": "to a new periodical",
      "roman": "fākāncí",
      "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",
      "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": "序言"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 序言 meaning in Chinese (9.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "序言"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "序言",
  "trace": "started on line 23, detected on line 23"
}

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). 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.