序文

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùwén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): si-vùn

(Hailu, HRS): si^ˇ vun
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁵ mong² / sy⁵ muong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùwún
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-wên²
  - Yale: syù-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhwen
  - Palladius: сюйвэнь (sjujvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ man⁴
  - Yale: jeuih màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi vun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ vun¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: si^ˇ vun
  - Sinological IPA: /si¹¹ vun⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁵ mong²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̄-meóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy¹¹ mɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁵ muong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy²¹ muoŋ²⁴/

Noun

序文

preface; foreword; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude (Classifier: 篇)

Synonyms

前序 (qiánxù)
前言 (qiányán)
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)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょぶん [jòbúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

序(じょ)文(ぶん) • (jobun)

preface, foreword
序文(じょぶん)にそう書(か)いてある。
Jobun ni sō kaite aru.
It was written in the preface as such.

Antonyms

跋文(ばつぶん) (batsubun, “postscript”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
序	文

Noun

序文 • (seomun) (hangeul 서문)

hanja form^? of 서문 (“preface, foreword”)