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刊首语

kān shǒu yǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
foreword / preface
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-452b627ff4a49c05. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

刊首語 刊首语 [kan1 shou3 yu3] /foreword/preface/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 刊首語

  • 刊
    kān

    to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

  • 首
    shǒu

    head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

  • 语
    yǔ

    dialect / language / speech

    yù

    (literary) to tell / to let (sb) know

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.