前奏

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	present a memorial; to achieve; to play
trad. (前奏)		前	奏
simp. #(前奏)		前	奏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánzòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tsou⁴
    • Yale: chyán-dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantzow
    • Palladius: цяньцзоу (cjanʹczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ zau³
    • Yale: chìhn jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Noun

前奏

1. (～曲) (music) prelude
2. (figurative) prelude; preliminary; preparation
3. Alternative name for 前戲／前戏 (qiánxì, “foreplay”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	奏
ぜん Grade: 2	そう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんそー [zèńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

前(ぜん)奏(そう) • (zensō) 

1. prelude

Antonyms

• 後奏(こうそう) (kōsō)