序文

Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (序文)		序	文
alternative forms		敘文／叙文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si-vùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùwún
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-wên²
    • Yale: syù-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhwen
    • Palladius: сюйвэнь (sjujvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: jeuih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ vun¹¹/

Noun

序文

1. preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude (Classifier: 篇)

Synonyms

• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
序	文
じょ Grade: 5	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょぶん [jòbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

序(じょ)文(ぶん) • (jobun) 

1. preface, foreword

   序文(じょぶん)にそう書(か)いてある。

   Jobun ni sō kaite aru.

   It was written in the preface as such.

Antonyms

• 跋文(ばつぶん) (batsubun, “postscript”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
序	文

Noun

序文 • (seomun) (hangeul 서문)

1. Hanja form^? of 서문 (“preface, foreword”).