順序

See also: 顺序

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	order; sequence; preface
trad. (順序)		順	序
simp. (顺序)		顺	序

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ zeoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sun-si

  (Hailu, HRS): shun^˖ si^ˇ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song⁵ sy⁵ / suong⁵ sy⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-sū / sūn-sǐr / sūn-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnsyù
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-hsü⁴
    • Yale: shwùn-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshiuh
    • Palladius: шуньсюй (šunʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 順序 / 顺序 順敘 / 顺叙 順緒 / 顺绪 順續 / 顺续

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: seuhn jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sun-si
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun xi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun⁴ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shun^˖ si^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃun³³ si¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: song⁵ sy⁵ [Phonetic: song⁴ sy⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seōng-sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔŋ¹¹⁻⁴² ɬy¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: suong⁵ sy⁵ [Phonetic: suong⁴ sy⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoŋ²¹⁻⁴² ɬy²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnsu
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-sǐr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-sī
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnsi
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ si³³/

Noun

順序

1. sequence; order

Synonyms

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• 工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
• 序次 (xùcì)
• 條理 / 条理 (tiáolǐ)
• 次序 (cìxù)
• 步數 / 步数 (Min Nan)
• 步驟 / 步骤 (bùzhòu)
• 治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
• 秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
• 程序 (chéngxù)
• 節次 / 节次 (jiécì)
• 編次 / 编次 (biāncì)
• 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)

Adverb

順序

1. in sequence; in order

Adjective

順序

1. (literary) suitable; harmonious
2. (literary) smooth; without difficulty; well

   • 萬事攏操勞，閃避袂開，只求平安會順序。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     万事拢操劳，闪避袂开，只求平安会顺序。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2015, 陳百潭, 甘味人生

     Bān-sū lóng chhau-lô, siám-phiah bōe khui, chí kiû pêng-an ē sūn-sī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I am working hard on everything and cannot run away from it. I only wish for peace and things to go well.

3. (literary) lucky; fortunate

Synonyms

• (smooth):

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• 亨通 (hēngtōng)
• 順利 / 顺利 (shùnlì)
• 順當 / 顺当 (shùndang)
• 順遂 / 顺遂 (shùnsuì)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “smooth”):

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• 不利 (bùlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
順	序
じゅん Grade: 4	じょ Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

From 順 (jun, “order”) + 序 (jo, “order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]
• (Tokyo) じゅんじょ [júꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

順(じゅん)序(じょ) • (junjo) 

1. order, sequence
   • 2025 May 14, 大石あきこ, quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　文部科学委員会　第13号　令和7年5月14日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     理論上の理屈を優先させ、国民はそれに合わせて生活実態を変えろというのは順序が逆です。

     Riron-jō no rikutsu o yūsen sase, kokumin wa sore ni awasete seikatsu jittai o kaero to iu no wa junjo ga gyaku desu.

     Prioritizing theoretical arguments and expecting citizens to change their lifestyles to match them is putting the cart before the horse.

2. system, procedure

Derived terms

• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)数(すう) (junjosū, “ordinal number”)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)性(せい) (junjosei, “ordering, alignment”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)木(ぎ) (junjogi, “ordered tree”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)回(かい)路(ろ) (junjo kairo, “sequential circuit”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)制(せい)御(ぎょ) (junjo seigyo, “sequencing”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)探(たん)索(さく) (junjo tansaku, “linear search”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)通(どお)り (junjodōri, “in order”)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)番(ばん)号(ごう) (junjo bangō, “sequence-number”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)不(ふ)同(どう) (junjo fudō, “unordered; random order”)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)列(れつ)型(がた) (junjo-retsugata, “sequence type”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)付(づ)ける (junjozukeru, “to order”) (computing)
• 順(じゅん)序(じょ)立(た)てる (junjotateru, “put into order”)
• 親(おや)順(じゅん)序(じょ)番(ばん)号(ごう) (oyajunjo-bangō, “parent-sequence-number”)
• 子(こ)順(じゅん)序(じょ)番(ばん)号(ごう) (kojunjo-bangō, “child-sequence-number”) (computing)
• 計(けい)算(さん)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (keisan junjo, “computation sequence”) (computing)
• 照(しょう)合(ごう)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (shōgō junjo, “collating sequence”) (computing)
• 実(じっ)行(こう)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (jikkō junjo, “execution order”) (computing)
• 線(せん)形(けい)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (senkei junjo, “linear precedence”)
• 大(だい)小(しょう)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (daishō junjo, “collating sequence”) (computing)
• トラバーサル順(じゅん)序(じょ) (torabāsaru junjo, “traversal sequence”) (computing)
• 時(じ)間(かん)順(じゅん)序(じょ)積(せき) (jikan-junjoseki, “time ordered product”) (physics)
• パケット順(じゅん)序(じょ)制(せい)御(ぎょ) (paketto junjo seigyo, “packet sequencing”) (computing)
• メッセージ順(じゅん)序(じょ)完(かん)全(ぜん)性(せい) (messēji junjo kanzensei, “message sequence integrity”) (computing)
• 可(か)視(し)化(か)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (kashika junjo, “imaging order”) (computing)
• 単(たん)一(いつ)型(がた)順(じゅん)序(じょ)列(れつ)型(がた) (tan'itsugata-junjo-retsugata, “sequence-of type”) (computing)
• 反(はん)射(しゃ)的(てき)半(はん)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (hanshateki-hanjunjo, “reflexive partial ordering”)
• 固(こ)有(ゆう)の大(だい)小(しょう)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (koyū no daishō junjo, “native collating sequence”) (computing)
• 文(も)字(じ)の大(だい)小(しょう)順(じゅん)序(じょ) (moji no daishō junjo, “collating sequence”) (computing)

References

• “順序”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
順	序

Noun

順序 • (sunseo) (hangeul 순서)

1. hanja form^? of 순서 (“order; sequence”)