導言

See also: 导言

Chinese

		to transmit; to lead; to guide to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (導言)		導	言
simp. (导言)		导	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-giân / tō-giân / tō-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoyán
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-yen²
    • Yale: dǎu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoyan
    • Palladius: даоянь (daojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: douh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxgieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tō-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-gân
    • Tâi-lô: tō-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixgaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ ɡan¹³/

Noun

導言

1. introduction; preamble

Synonyms

• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 前記／前记 (qiánjì)
• 卷首語／卷首语 (juànshǒuyǔ)
• 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)
• 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)