"Foreword" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 前言 | qián yán | preface / foreword / introduction / preamble / earlier remarks / earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers |   |
| 引言 | yǐn yán | foreword / introduction | |
| 刊首语 | kān shǒu yǔ | foreword / preface | |
| 序文 | xù wén | preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文[xu4 wen2] | |
| 发刊词 | fā kān cí | foreword / preface (to a publication) | |
| 导轮 | dǎo lún | guide pulley / foreword / preface | |
