Chinese word senses marked with topical category "Chinese punctuation marks"

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Parent categories: Punctuation marks, Letters, symbols, and punctuation, Symbols, Orthography, Writing, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication

Total 34 word senses

• (Punctuation) Used to emphasize words in situations where markup is unavailable.
• ' (Punctuation) sed to mark an initial a, e, or o in a multisyllabic Pinyin word, to prevent confusion (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào))
• ( (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses …… (which can be read as indecisiveness) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence.
• ( ) (Punctuation) Used to provide a deeper or second meaning to a phrase. Probably from Japanese 義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun, “invented reading”). Compare English read (“used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term”).
• ( ) (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message, with short text inside, as a sort of tone indicator.
• ( ) (Punctuation) Used to censor vulgar, profane or sensitive words or characters. Compare x in Latin alphabet. A formal way to censor words in Chinese is using × instead.
• ( ) (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message to indicate a lighthearted or joking tone.
• ( ) (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses …… (which can be read as indecisiveness) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence.
• ) (Punctuation) used in ( )
• `num` `num` (Punctuation) Wraps a piece of text, indicating a hashtag on social media.
• ~ (Punctuation) Indicating the lengthening of a pronunciation.
• · (Punctuation) Separates first and last names in personal names transcribed into Chinese characters.
• —— (Punctuation) Chinese em dash (—). It occupies the space of two characters in the center of the line. It is called 破折號／破折号 (pòzhéhào).
• ‘ ’ (Punctuation) Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation. The outer quotation is enclosed with “ ”.
• “ ” (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
• … (Punctuation) See …….
• …… (Punctuation) Ellipsis.; Indicates speechlessness.
• ………… (Punctuation) Ellipsis indicating subsequent paragraphs in a quotation are omitted.
• 、 (Punctuation) (comma in a list)
• 。 (Punctuation) . (full stop or period, marking the end of a sentence)
• 。。。 (Punctuation) Indicates speechlessness or helplessness.
• 〈 〉 (Punctuation) Encloses titles of books when embedded within a book title.
• 〈 〉 (Punctuation) Encloses titles of sections of a book.
• 《 》 (Punctuation) Encloses titles of books.
• 《 》 (Punctuation) Encloses a text expressing something that is complained or satirized to be done so "skilledly" that can be written into a book named so.
• 《 》 (Punctuation) Used to quote a text/speech and express that the quotation is so absurd and commonly seen that it is deemed a "classic (典 (diǎn))" (hence enclosed by this pair of marks for book titles); also by extension used for general mocking.
• 《 》 (Punctuation) Used to quote a word or some words to satirize that the word(s) is/are just so called while the fact is far different from (mostly opposite) the sense of the word(s).
• 「 」 (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
• 「 」 (Punctuation) Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation.
• 『 』 (Punctuation) Encloses an embedded (inner) quotation.
• 『 』 (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
• 【 】 (Punctuation) Lenticular brackets.
• ﹏ (Punctuation) Underlines titles of books.
• 𖿢 (Punctuation) Mark, called "hook" or "tadpole" mark, or 鉤識號／钩识号 in Chinese that denotes pause or break in the text. (See usage notes)

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