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書名號

简书名号 · 繁書名號

Mandarin · pinyin shū míng hào

Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)

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書: Look up this written character
名: míng · name, rank, title, position
號: Look up this written character
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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1–2–4 · shu1 ming2 hao4

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syu1 ming4 hou6

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noun

Chinese punctuation marks used for book, film and album titles; guillemet (《》 and 〈〉; wavy underline in old-style texts)

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