introduction; preface; foreword (n.)
HSK 6
Traditional
序言 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
这本书的序言由著名学者撰写。 zhè běn shū de xù yán yóu zhùmíng xuézhě zhuànxiě. - The preface of this book is written by a famous scholar.
他在序言中详细阐述了书籍的主要思想。 tā zài xù yán zhōng xiángxì chǎnshù le shūjí de zhǔyào sīxiǎng. - He elaborated on the main ideas of the book in the preface.
读者可以通过序言了解到本书的写作背景。 dúzhě kěyǐ tōngguò xù yán liǎojiě dào běnshū de xiězuò bèijǐng. - Readers can understand the background of the book's writing through the preface.
这篇论文的序言部分包括了研究的动机和方法。 zhè piān lùnwén de xù yán bùfèn bāokuò le yánjiū de dòngjī hé fāngfǎ. - The preface of this paper includes the motivation and methodology of the research.
他的小说以一篇引人入胜的序言开头。 tā de xiǎoshuō yǐ yī piān yǐnrénrùshèng de xù yán kāitóu. - His novel begins with a captivating preface.
Characters
序 xù - order, sequence; (lit.) to arrange in order; preface; (old) school; (old) wings of a house; introductory |
言 yán - to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence |