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Chinese

Punctuation mark

……

1. Ellipsis.
   1. Indicates subsequent texts in a quotation are omitted.
   2. Indicates subsequent items in a list are omitted.
   3. Indicates pauses in a speech.
   4. Indicates sound lengthening in a speech.
   5. Indicates silence or contemplation.
   6. Indicates there is implied meaning.
   7. (neologism, Internet slang) Indicates speechlessness.

Usage notes

• The ellipsis in Chinese is always six dots (unlike English), composed of two Unicode characters (… reduplicated). Its Chinese name is 省略號／省略号 (shěnglüèhào, “omission symbol”).
• Use ………… for subsequent paragraphs.

See also

• 。。。

Japanese

Punctuation mark

……

1. ellipsis (…)

Usage notes

The number of dots can vary: … (3 dots) are also common.