序幕

Chinese

		order; sequence; preface	stage curtain; tent
trad. (序幕)		序	幕
simp. ^#(序幕)		序	幕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùmù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ mok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr-mō͘ / sū-bō͘ / sī-bō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùmù
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-mu⁴
  - Yale: syù-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhmuh
  - Palladius: сюйму (sjujmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
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    序幕
    序目
    畜牧
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ mok⁶
  - Yale: jeuih mohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ mok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² mɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sǐr-mōo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² mɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sū-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxbo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ bɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ bɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sī-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixbo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ bɔ³³/

Noun

序幕

prologue; prelude
(figurative) beginning (of a major event)
拉開序幕／拉开序幕 ― lākāi xùmù ― to kick off

Synonyms

(beginning):

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
發端／发端 (fāduān)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
萌 (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
開端／开端 (kāiduān)
開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
首端 (shǒuduān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
序	幕
じょ Grade: 5	まく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょまく [jòmákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ma̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

序(じょ)幕(まく) • (jomaku)

opening act
prelude
- 1946, 海野十三, 雪魔:
  それは今(いま)も気象台(きしょうだい)の記録(きろく)に残(のこ)っている三十年来(さんじゅうねんらい)の大吹雪(おおふぶき)の序幕(じょまく)だった。
  Sore wa ima mo kishōdai no kiroku ni nokotteiru san jū nen rai no ō-fubuki no jomaku datta.
  It was the prelude to a huge blizzard that would break meteorological records going back 30 years.

References

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

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