序言

序言 xùyán in a sentence

Preface

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

序言 (xùyán) means Preface. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他为这本书写了 序言 。

Tā wèi zhè běn shū xiě le xùyán.

He wrote the preface for this book.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 序言

序言 里说明了写作的初衷。

Xùyán lǐ shuōmíng le xiězuò de chūzhōng.

The preface explains why the book was written.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 序言

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This page shows 2 sentences using 序言 (xùyán, "Preface"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 序言 an HSK word?

Yes — 序言 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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