"Preamble" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 序言 | xù yán | preface / introductory remarks / preamble / prelude |   |
| 前言 | qián yán | preface / foreword / introduction / preamble / earlier remarks / earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers | |
| 开场白 | kāi chǎng bái | prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc) | |
| 导语 | dǎo yǔ | preamble / introduction / (journalism) lede / lead paragraph | |
| 导言 | dǎo yán | introduction / preamble | |
| 序文 | xù wén | preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文[xu4 wen2] | |
| 序章 | xù zhāng | prologue / preface / preamble | |
