dòu
hào

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Meaning of 逗号

逗号 means comma (punctuation mark); indicates a small pause within a sentence. Pronounced dòu hào.

  • comma (punctuation mark); indicates a small pause within a sentence

Definitions & Examples

zi
tài
cháng
shí
 
yào
yòng
dòu
hào
duàn
kāi
 

When a sentence is too long, you need to break it up with a comma.

Zhōng
wén
de
dòu
hào
shì
 '
 
 '
 
shì
 '
 ,
 '
 

The Chinese comma is ',', not ','.

mǎi
le
píng
guǒ
 
xiāng
jiāo
 
zi
 

I bought apples, bananas, and oranges.

Zhè
ge
dòu
hào
yòng
cuò
le
wèi
zhì
 

This comma is placed in the wrong position.

Dòu
hào
 
hào
 
wèn
hào
dōu
shì
cháng
yòng
de
biāo
diǎn
hào
 

Commas, periods, and question marks are all commonly used punctuation marks.

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