| 序 | 887A45 61.00-3 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄒㄩˋ [xU4] | ||
| N. | (1) (AC) public school of town or village: 庠序之教 public education. (2) A preface to a book (also wr. 敘). (3) Order, sequence: 次序 ditto. (4) Orderliness: 長幼有序 respect for seniority; 秩序 order in assembly; 秩序大亂 (meeting) broke out in great disorder. | |||||
| V.t. | To arrange in order by certain standard: 序齒 to arrange seats at table by seniority (齒 here＝age); 序次 to seat in order. | |||||
| Words | 1. 序跋 [xU4ba2], n., preface (序) and postscript (跋). 2. 序曲 [xU4qU3], n., (mus.) prelude. 3. 序傳 [xU4zhuan4], n., (AC) preface by author. 4. 序論 [xU4lun4], n., introductory chapter (of a book), introduction. 5. 序幕 [xU4mu4], n., (1) opening scene in play; (2) prelude to social or political events. 6. 序數 [xU4shu4], n., a cardinal number [WEdit: 'cardinal number' should read '基數' rather than '序數'. '序數' is 'ordinal number']. 7. 序文 [xU4wen2], n., a preface, foreword. 8. 序言 [xU4yan2], n., ditto. | |||||