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

(Hailu, HRS): cien ngien
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zeng² ngoeng² / zeng² ngyoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-giân / chiân-gân

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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    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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cien ngien
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng² ngoeng² [Phonetic: zeng⁵ ngoeng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: céng-ngé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng² ngyoeng² [Phonetic: zeng⁵ ngyoeng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋyøŋ²⁴/
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

earlier remarks
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])^[1]
(Tokyo) ぜんげん [zèńgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)言(げん) • (zengen)

previous remarks, last statement, earlier words
preamble

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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