……
Chinese edit
Punctuation mark edit
……
- Ellipsis.
- Indicates subsequent texts in a quotation are omitted.
- Indicates subsequent items in a list are omitted.
- Indicates pauses in a speech.
- Indicates sound lengthening in a speech.
- Indicates silence or contemplation.
- Indicates there is implied meaning.
- (neologism, Internet slang) Indicates speechlessness.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Japanese edit
Punctuation mark edit
- ellipsis (…)
Usage notes edit
The number of dots can vary: … (3 dots) are also common.