A.

Table of Chinese Punctuation Marks

1. 标点符号 (標點符號) biāodiăn fúhào punctuation mark

2. 句号 (句號) jùhào period (B) ( ｡)

句点 (句點) jùdiăn period (T) ( ｡)

3. 逗号 (逗號) dòuhào comma (B) ( ﹐)

逗点 (逗點) dòudiăn comma (T) ( ﹐)

4. 顿号 (頓號) dùnhào enumerative comma (separates items in a series: ﹑)

5. 问号 (問號) wènhào question mark ( ？ )

6. 叹号 (嘆號) tànhào exclamation mark (B) ( ！ )

惊叹号 (驚嘆號) jīngtànhào exclamation mark (T) ( ！ )

7. 分号 (分號) fēnhào semicolon (； )

8. 冒号 (冒號) màohào colon (： )

9. 引号 (引號) yĭnhào quotation mark ( “ ” , , )

10. 括号 (括號) kuòhào parentheses (B) (（） )

括弧 kuòhú parentheses (T) (（） )

11. 破折号 (破折號) pòzhéhào dash ( — )

12. 书名号 (書名號) shūmínghào (indicates book or article titles, or

names of newspapers or journals:《 》)

13. 间隔号 (間隔號) jiàn’géhào (separates the given name from the
surname in translations of foreign
names: • )

14. 省略号 (省略號) shĕnglüèhào ellipsis mark (indicates a sentence is

cut off or some part is omitted: …… )

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