前言

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	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (前言)		前	言
simp. #(前言)		前	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-ngièn / chhièn-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-giân / chiân-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciányán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-yen²
    • Yale: chyán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyan
    • Palladius: цяньянь (cjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 前沿 前言

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: chìhn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-giân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'gieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-gân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Noun

前言

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

Synonyms

• (preface):

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• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 前言不搭後語／前言不搭后语 (qiányán bù dā hòuyǔ)
• 前言不答後語／前言不答后语

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前言):

• → Japanese: 前言(ぜんげん) (zengen)
• → Korean: 전언(前言) (jeoneon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	言
ぜん Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんげん [zèńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ぜんげん [zèńgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)言(げん) • (zengen) 

1. previous remarks, last statement, earlier words
2. preamble