序文

序文

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xùwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwwen
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ u̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: jeuih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ men⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵy̯²² mɐn²¹/

Noun

序文

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

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 序文

前言 (qiányán) 前記／前记 (qiánjì) 小序 (xiǎoxù) 小引 (xiǎoyǐn) 序言 (xùyán) 弁言 (biànyán) 引言 (yǐnyán)

發刊詞／发刊词 (fākāncí) (to a new periodical) 短序 (duǎnxù) 緒言／绪言 (xùyán) 自序 (zìxù) (by the author) 踏話頭／踏话头 (Min Nan) 開場白／开场白 (kāichǎngbái)

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Japanese

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

Noun

序文 (hiragana じょぶん, rōmaji jobun)

1. preface, foreword

   序 (じょ)文 (ぶん)にそう書 (か)いてある。

   Jobun ni sō kaite aru.

   It was written in the preface as such.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
序	文

Noun

序文 • (seomun) (hangeul 서문)

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