DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

間隔號

简间隔号 · 繁間隔號

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn gé hào

middle dot (·), a punctuation mark used in Chinese text to separate the parts of a transliterated foreign name or elements in a list

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

間: Look up this written character
隔: gé · separate, partition
號: Look up this written character
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–4 · jian4 ge2 hao4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

間隔號 · find source passages ↗ · 间隔号 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaan3 gaak3 hou6

Cantonese word readings for 間隔號. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

partition sign; interpunct (used to separate the day from the month, or separate the parts of a person's name)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack