quotation marks; inverted commas
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesnoun
quotation marks; punctuation marks used to enclose direct speech, citations, words requiring emphasis, or terms with special meanings
In horizontal text, use double quotation marks “” (U+201C/U+201D) or single quotation marks ‘’ (U+2018/U+2019); single quotes are typically nested inside double quotes. In vertical text, use angle brackets ﹁﹃ at the start and ﹂﹄ at the end.
Zhè这
jù句
huà话
yào要
yòng用
yǐn引
hào号
yǐn引
qǐ起
lái来
。
This sentence needs to be enclosed in quotation marks.
Yǐn引
hào号
lǐ里
miàn面
de的
huà话
shì是
tā他
shuō说
guò过
de的
yuán原
huà话
。
The words inside the quotation marks are exactly what he said.
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Zhōng中
wén文
yǐn引
hào号
yǒu有
shuāng双
yǐn引
hào号
hé和
dān单
yǐn引
hào号
zhī之
fēn分
。
Chinese quotation marks include both double and single quotation marks.
Shù竖
pái排
wén文
zì字
shǐ使
yòng用
de的
yǐn引
hào号
gēn跟
héng横
pái排
bù不
tóng同
。
The quotation marks used in vertical text are different from those in horizontal text.
Zhè这
lǐ里
de的
yǐn引
hào号
biǎo表
shì示
zhè这
gè个
cí词
yǒu有
tè特
shū殊
hán含
yì义
。
The quotation marks here indicate that this word has a special meaning.