標點符號

简 标点符号 · 繁 標點符號
Mandarin · pinyin biāo diǎn fú hào

Meanings

  1. punctuation
  2. a punctuation mark
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標
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點
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
符
fú · i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm
號
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标
biāo · mark, symbol, label, sign; stand the bole of a tree
点
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
号
hào · mark, sign; symbol; number
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Mandarin tones

1–3–2–4 · biao1 dian3 fu2 hao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

biu1 dim2 fu4 hou2

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noun

  1. punctuation mark

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