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标点符号

biāo diǎn fú hào

4-character word Traditional 標點符號

What 标点符号 means

1. punctuation
2. a punctuation mark

The characters in 标点符号

• 标biāomark; sign; label
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…

Example sentences

• 感叹号是标点符号。
  Gǎntànhào shì biāodiǎn fúhào.
  An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.
• 你得要更注意拼字和标点符号。
  Nǐ děiyào gèng zhùyì pīnzì hé biāodiǎnfúhào.
  You must be more careful about spelling and punctuation.
• 他们说的话，我连标点符号都不信。
  I do not trust a single word that comes out of their mouths.
• "我们吃爷爷吧。" 和"我们吃了吧, 爷爷。" 这两个句子可以证明标点符号能让句子有很大的不同。
  "wǒmen chī yéye ba." hé "wǒmen chī le ba, yéye." zhè liǎng gè jùzi kěyǐ zhèngmíng biāodiǎnfúhào néng ràng jùzi yǒu hěn dà de bù tóng.
  The sentences "Let's eat grandpa." and "Let's eat, grandpa." are only one proof that punctuation can change a lot.