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
trad. (前奏)		前	奏
simp. ^#(前奏)		前	奏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánzòu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánzòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tsou⁴
  - Yale: chyán-dzòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantzow
  - Palladius: цяньцзоу (cjanʹczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ zau³
  - Yale: chìhn jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Noun

前奏

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

前(ぜん)奏(そう) • (zensō)

prelude

Antonyms

後奏(こうそう) (kōsō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	奏

Noun

前奏 • (jeonju) (hangeul 전주)

hanja form^? of 전주 (“prelude”)