句號

See also: 句号

Chinese

		(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence	number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry
trad. (句號)		句	號
simp. (句号)		句	号

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): geoi³ hou⁶ / geoi³ hou^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gui¹ hau^5*

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kù-hō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu³ ho⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùhào
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: jyù-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhhaw
    • Palladius: цзюйхао (czjujxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùhàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùhàor
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-hao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyù-hàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhhawl
    • Palladius: цзюйхаор (czjujxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi³ hou⁶ / geoi³ hou^6-2
    • Yale: geui houh / geui hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ hou⁶ / goey³ hou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu³ hou⁶ / gêu³ hou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ hou̯²²/, /kɵy̯³³ hou̯²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gui¹ hau^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³ hau³²⁻³²⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-hō
    • Tâi-lô: kù-hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ ho²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹⁻⁵³ ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku²¹⁻⁴¹ hɤ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu³ ho⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kù hō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ho¹¹/

Noun

句號

1. ideographic full stop (。); full stop (.); period
2. (figurative) end; completion; conclusion

   劃上句號／划上句号  ―  huàshàng jùhào  ―  to come to an end

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 句號 (“full stop; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		句號, 句點
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	句點兒
	Taiwan	句號, 句點
	Singapore	句號
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	點兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	句號
	Taishan	句號
Southern Min	Xiamen	句號
	Quanzhou	句號
	Zhangzhou	句號
	Penang (Hokkien)	句點

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gihau