Punctuation [ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeʃən] 标点符号 (biāo diǎn fú hào) is vital to any student of any language… especially for writing and grammar efficiency! You’d be surprised how useful many of these will be in your life.
So here’s how to say some of the most common punctuation marks in American English and Chinese… really impress your teachers! Any that we’re missing?
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period [ˈpɪrɪəd]
句号 jù hào
,
comma [ˈkɒmə]
逗号 dòu hào
?
question mark [ˈkwɛstʃən mɑrk]
问号 wèn hào
!
exclamation mark [ˌɛkskləˈmeʃən mɑrk]
感叹号 gǎn tàn hào
:
colon [ˈkoʊlən]
冒号 mào hào
;
semicolon [ˈsemikoʊlən]
分号 fēn hào
–
hyphen [ˈhaɪfən]
(dash [dæʃ])
连号 lián hào
_
underscore [ˌʌndərˈskɔ:(r)]
下划线符号 xià huá xiàn fú hào
@
at sign [æt saɪn] “at”
艾特符号 ài tè fú hào
#
hashtag [hæʃtæɡ]
(pound sign [paʊnd saɪn])
井号 jǐng hào
$
dollar sign [ˈdɑlɚ saɪn]
美元符号 měi yuán fú hào
¥
RMB (yuan) symbol [ju’ɑn ‘sɪmb(ə)l]
人民币符号 rén mín bì fú hào
%
percent sign [pɚˈsɛnt saɪn]
百分号 bǎi fēn hào
&
ampersand [ˈæmpərsænd]
和号 hé hào
’ or ‘
apostrophe [əˈpɑ:strəfi]
撇号 piě hào
“ ”
quotation marks [kwoˈteʃən mɑrk]
引号 yǐn hào
‘ ’
single quotes [ˈsɪŋɡəl kwot]
单引号 dān yǐn hào
( )
parentheses [pə’renθəsi:z]
括号 kuò hào
*
asterisk [ˈæstəˌrɪsk]
星号 xīng hào
~
tilde [ˈtɪldə]
波浪符号 bō làng fú hào
…
ellipsis [ɪˈlɪpsɪs]
省略符号 shěng luè fú hào
+
plus sign [plʌs saɪn]
加号 jiā hào
–
minus sign [ˈmaɪnəs saɪn]
减号 jiǎn hào
×
times sign [taɪmz saɪn]
(multiplication sign [ˌmʌltəplɪˈkeʃən saɪn])
乘号 chéng hào
÷
division sign [dɪˈvɪʒən saɪn]
除号 chú hào
=
equal sign [ˈikwəl saɪn]
等号 děng hào
[ ]
brackets [brækəts]
方括号 fāng kuò hào
{ }
braces [b’reɪsɪz]
大括弧符号 dà kuò hú fú hào
< >
angle brackets [ˈæŋɡəl ˈbrækɪt]
尖括号 jiān kuò hào
^
caret [‘kærət]
插入符号 chā rù fú hào
/
forward slash [ˈfɔrwəd slæʃ]
斜杠符号 xié gàng fú hào
\
backslash [ˈbækˌslæʃ]
反斜杠符号 fǎn xié gàng fú hào
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interrobang [ɪn’terəˌbæŋ]
问叹号 wèn tàn hào
But do you know how to use all of these correctly in a sentence? Show your prowess in the comments below… let’s see who can use the most punctuation in a single sentence.