序詞

See also: 序词

Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (序詞)		序	詞
simp. (序词)		序	词
anagram		詞序／词序

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùcíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: syù-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhtsyr
    • Palladius: сюйцы (sjujcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ ci⁴
    • Yale: jeuih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

序詞

1. foreword; preface; prologue

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
序	詞
じょ Grade: 5	ことば Grade: 6
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 序 (jo, “beginning”) +‎ 言葉 (kotoba, “words”). The second kanji 詞 is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょこ​とば [jòkóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

序(じょ)詞(ことば) • (jokotoba) 

1. A monotone prologue with fragmentary samisen accompaniment, used in 浄瑠璃 (Jōruri, “a type of puppet theater”) and other performance types.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
序	詞
じょ Grade: 5	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 序詞／序词 (zjo^X zi, literally “series; preface + words”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょし​ [jòshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕi]

Noun

序(じょ)詞(し) • (joshi) 

1. foreword, preface, prologue