緒論

Chinese

		beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (緒論)		緒	論
simp. (绪论)		绪	论

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùlùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵ leon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùlùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùlùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-lun⁴
    • Yale: syù-lwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhluenn
    • Palladius: сюйлунь (sjujlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵ leon⁶
    • Yale: séuih leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³ lɵn²²/

Noun

緒論

1. introduction (to a written work); prolegomenon; preamble

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)
• 引言 (yǐnyán)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (緒論):

• → Japanese: 緒論(しょろん) (shoron)
• → Vietnamese: tự luận (緒論, “writing tests”)