序曲

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Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (序曲)		序	曲

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùqǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ kuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-khiok / sǐr-khiok / sī-khiok / sī-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùqǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùcyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-chʻü³
  - Yale: syù-chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhcheu
  - Palladius: сюйцюй (sjujcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ kuk¹
  - Yale: jeuih kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ kuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ kug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² kʰʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sū-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxqiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sǐr-khiok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² kʰiɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sī-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixqiog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khek
  - Tâi-lô: sī-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixqeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

序曲

(music) overture
(figurative) prelude

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (序曲):

→ Japanese: 序(じょ)曲(きょく) (jokyoku)
→ Korean: 서곡(序曲) (seogok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
序	曲
じょ Grade: 5	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょきょく (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

序(じょ)曲(きょく) • (jokyoku)

(music) overture

References

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

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