前記

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	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (前記)		前	記
simp. (前记)		前	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánjì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-chi⁴
    • Yale: chyán-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjih
    • Palladius: цяньцзи (cjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前記

1. preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
2. earlier remarks

Synonyms

• (preface):

(deprecated template usage)

• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 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)
• 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)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	記
ぜん Grade: 2	き Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)記(き) • (zenki) 

1. preface, the opening section of a book or text
2. the aforementioned, something written in an earlier section of a text
   • 2019, “EX-ZR1700 dengen”, in Casio Japan‎^[1]:

     前記(ぜんき)は、新品(しんぴん)の電池(でんち)のフル充電(じゅうでん)状態(じょうたい)での数値(すうち)です。

     Zenki wa, shinpin no denchi no furu jūden jōtai de no sūchi desu.

     As mentioned above, the new battery shows a full charge.

3. documents from a previous generation, an old chronicle or record

Adnominal

前(ぜん)記(き) • (zenki) 

1. aforementioned, noted earlier

   前記(ぜんき)の小説家(しょうせつか)

   zenki no shōsetsuka

   the aforementioned novelist