緒言

See also: 绪言

Chinese

		beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (緒言)		緒	言
simp. (绪言)		绪	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùyán
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-yen²
    • Yale: syù-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhyan
    • Palladius: сюйянь (sjujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: séuih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-giân
    • Tâi-lô: sū-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 緒言

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

Synonyms

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• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 前記／前记 (qiánjì)
• 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)