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序曲

序曲

Chinese

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

Noun

序曲

(music) overture
(figuratively) prelude

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞kjo̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

序曲 ‎(hiragana じょきょく, romaji jokyoku)

(music) overture

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xùqǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ ****¹
Min Nan (POJ): sǐr-khiok / sī-khek / sū-khiok / sī-khiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùqǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwcheu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ ****¹
  - Yale: jeuih kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ ****⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵy̯²² kʰʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sǐr-khiok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² kʰiɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khek
  - Tâi-lô: sī-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixqeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sū-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxqiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: sī-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixqiog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²/