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
simp. and trad. (前奏)		前	奏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánzòu

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánzòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantzow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ zau³
  - Yale: chìhn jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zeo³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Noun

前奏

(～曲) (music) prelude
(figuratively) 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

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

Noun

前奏 (hiragana ぜんそう, rōmaji zensō)

prelude

Antonyms

後 (こう)奏 (そう) (kōsō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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