開場白

See also: 开场白

Chinese

		to begin a performance; to open a gambling house	spoken lines in opera
trad. (開場白)		開場	白
simp. (开场白)		开场	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāichǎngbái, kāichángbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄔㄤˇ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄎㄞ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ coeng⁴ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāichǎngbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄤˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaichǎngbái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻang³-pai²
    • Yale: kāi-chǎng-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichaangbair
    • Palladius: кайчанбай (kajčanbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāichángbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaichángbái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻang²-pai²
    • Yale: kāi-cháng-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaicharngbair
    • Palladius: кайчанбай (kajčanbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ coeng⁴ baak⁶
    • Yale: hōi chèuhng baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tsoeng⁴ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ cêng⁴ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ paːk̚²/

Noun

開場白

1. (theater) prologue to a play
2. (figurative) opening remarks; opening words; preamble (of speeches, articles, etc.)

Synonyms

• (opening remarks):

• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 前記／前记 (qiánjì)
• 卷首語／卷首语 (juànshǒuyǔ)
• 導言／导言 (dǎoyán)
• 小序 (xiǎoxù)
• 小引 (xiǎoyǐn)
• 序 (xù)
• 序文 (xùwén)
• 序言 (xùyán)
• 弁言 (biànyán) (literary)
• 引言 (yǐnyán)
• 抐話頭／抐话头 (Hokkien)
• 發刊詞／发刊词 (fākāncí) (to a new periodical)
• 短序 (duǎnxù)
• 緒言／绪言 (xùyán)
• 緒論／绪论 (xùlùn)
• 自序 (zìxù) (by the author)
• 話頭／话头 (Hokkien)
• 踏話頭／踏话头 (Hokkien)
• 頭序／头序 (Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “prologue, opening remarks”): 結束語／结束语 (jiéshùyǔ), 結語／结语 (jiéyǔ)