序 xù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
序言
xùyán
preface; foreword
Characters in this word
言 yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 作者在序言中坦白承认，自己的研究仍有明显限制。 Zuòzhě zài xùyán zhōng tǎnbái chéngrèn, zìjǐ de yánjiū réng yǒu míngxiǎn xiànzhì. In the preface, the author frankly admits that his research still has clear limitations.
- 这本书的序言写得非常动人。 Zhè běn shū de xùyán xiě de fēicháng dòngrén. The preface of this book is very moving.
- 他用一个月时间为朋友的诗集写了序言。 Tā yòng yí ge yuè shíjiān wèi péngyou de shījí xiě le xùyán. He spent a whole month writing the preface for his friend's poetry collection.
Related words
- 程序 chéngxù program
- 顺序 shùnxù order
- 工序 gōngxù process, procedure
- 有序 yǒuxù orderly
- 秩序 zhìxù order, discipline
- 次序 cìxù order; sequence
- 序 xù order; sequence; preface
- 序列 xùliè sequence; series
- 序幕 xùmù prelude; prologue; opening phase
- 循序渐进 xúnxùjiànjìn to proceed step by step; gradually and in order
- 语言 yǔyán language
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech