序幕

Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	stage curtain; tent
trad. (序幕)		序	幕
simp. #(序幕)		序	幕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr-mō͘ / sū-bō͘ / sī-bō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùmù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: syù-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhmuh
    • Palladius: сюйму (sjujmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ mok⁶
    • Yale: jeuih mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-mō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr-mōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² mɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sū-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxbo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ bɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ bɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sī-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixbo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ bɔ³³/

Noun

序幕

1. prologue; prelude
2. (figurative) beginning (of a major event)

   拉開序幕／拉开序幕  ―  lākāi xùmù  ―  to kick off

Synonyms

• (beginning):

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• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 發端 / 发端 (fāduān)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起頭先 / 起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
• 開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開端 / 开端 (kāiduān)
• 開頭 / 开头 (kāitóu)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
序	幕
じょ Grade: 5	まく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょまく [jòmákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ma̠kɯ̟]

Noun

序(じょ)幕(まく) • (jomaku) 

1. opening act
2. prelude
   • 1946, 海野十三, 雪魔:

     それは今(いま)も気象台(きしょうだい)の記録(きろく)に残(のこ)っている三十年来(さんじゅうねんらい)の大吹雪(おおふぶき)の序幕(じょまく)だった。

     Sore wa ima mo kishōdai no kiroku ni nokotteiru san jū nen rai no ō-fubuki no jomaku datta.

     It was the prelude to a huge blizzard that would break meteorological records going back 30 years.