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Chinese

Punctuation mark

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  1. Ellipsis.
    1. Indicates subsequent texts in a quotation are omitted.
    2. Indicates subsequent items in a list are omitted.
    3. Indicates pauses in a speech.
    4. Indicates sound lengthening in a speech.
    5. Indicates silence or contemplation.
    6. Indicates there is implied meaning.
    7. (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”).

See also

Japanese

Punctuation mark

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  1. ellipsis (…)

Usage notes

The number of dots can vary: … (3 dots) are also common.

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