序曲

Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (序曲)		序	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ kuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-khiok / sǐr-khiok / sī-khiok / sī-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùcyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-chʻü³
    • Yale: syù-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhcheu
    • Palladius: сюйцюй (sjujcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ kuk¹
    • Yale: jeuih kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² kʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: sū-khiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxqiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr-khiok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² kʰiɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: sī-khiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixqiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khek
    • Tâi-lô: sī-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixqeg
    • IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

序曲

1. (music) overture
2. (figurative) prelude

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (序曲):

• → Japanese: 序(じょ)曲(きょく) (jokyoku)
• → Korean: 서곡(序曲) (seogok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
序	曲
じょ Grade: 5	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​きょく [jóꜜkyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

序(じょ)曲(きょく) • (jokyoku) 

1. (music) overture