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序言

xù yán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

序言 (xù yán) means "preface; introductory remarks; preamble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 序言 means

1. preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude

The characters in 序言

• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Sounds the same

Read xù yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叙言variant of 序言
• 绪言see 绪论

Where 序言 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xù yán correctly.
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