引言

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (引言)		引	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-giân / ín-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyán
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yen²
    • Yale: yǐn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyan
    • Palladius: иньянь (inʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: yáhn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-giân
    • Tâi-lô: ín-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn'gieen
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-gân
    • Tâi-lô: ín-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/

Noun

引言

1. preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude

Synonyms

• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 前記／前记 (qiánjì)
• 卷首語／卷首语 (juànshǒuyǔ)
• 導言／导言 (dǎoyán)
• 小序 (xiǎoxù)
• 小引 (xiǎoyǐn)
• 序 (xù)
• 序文 (xùwén)
• 序言 (xùyán)
• 弁言 (biànyán) (literary)
• 抐話頭／抐话头 (Hokkien)
• 發刊詞／发刊词 (fākāncí) (to a new periodical)
• 短序 (duǎnxù)
• 緒言／绪言 (xùyán)
• 緒論／绪论 (xùlùn)
• 自序 (zìxù) (by the author)
• 話頭／话头 (Hokkien)
• 踏話頭／踏话头 (Hokkien)
• 開場白／开场白 (kāichǎngbái)
• 頭序／头序 (Hokkien)