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Chinese
Punctuation mark
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- Ellipsis.
- Indicates subsequent texts in a quotation are omitted.
- Indicates subsequent items in a list are omitted.
- Indicates pauses in a speech.
- Indicates sound lengthening in a speech.
- Indicates silence or contemplation.
- Indicates there is implied meaning.
- (neologism, Internet slang) Indicates speechlessness.
Usage notes
- The ellipsis in Chinese is always six dots (unlike English), composed of two Unicode characters (… reduplicated). Its Chinese name is 省略號／省略号 (shěnglüèhào, “omission symbol”).
- Use ………… for subsequent paragraphs.
See also
Japanese
Punctuation mark
- ellipsis (…)
Usage notes
The number of dots can vary: … (3 dots) are also common.