前奏

前奏

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	present a memorial; to achieve; to play
simp. and trad. (前奏)		前	奏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánzòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantzow
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ zau³
    • Yale: chìhn jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zeo³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Noun

前奏

1. (～曲) (music) prelude
2. (figuratively) prelude; preliminary; preparation
3. Alternative name for 前戲／前戏 (qiánxì, “foreplay”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	奏
ぜん Grade: 2	そう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぜんそー [zèńsóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

前奏 (hiragana ぜんそう, rōmaji zensō)

1. prelude

Antonyms

• 後 (こう)奏 (そう) (kōsō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN