"Preface" • 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 序 |  xù | (bound form) order / sequence / (bound form) introductory / initial / preface | |
| 序章 | xù zhāng | prologue / preface / preamble | |
| 自序 | zì xù | author's preface / autobiographical notes as introduction to a book | |
| 题跋 | tí bá | short comments / preface and postscript | |
| 序跋 | xù bá | preface and postscript | |
| 题序 | tí xù | to compose a preface (or introductory remarks, etc) / question (or section) order (on an exam paper) / question (or section) number | |
