中点

中點

zhōngdiǎn

noun #66,161

Meanings

1 midpoint
2 halfway point
3 middle dot (·)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

外国人名的名和姓之间要用中点隔开。

Wàiguó rénmíng de míng hé xìng zhījiān yào yòng zhōngdiǎn gékāi.

In a foreign name, the given name and the surname are separated by a middle dot.

HSK 6

先找出这条线段的中点。

Xiān zhǎochū zhè tiáo xiànduàn de zhōngdiǎn.

First find the midpoint of this line segment.

Tips

usage

As a punctuation mark its formal name is 间隔号. It sits between the parts of a foreign name, as in 乔治·布什 (George Bush), and between a book and its chapter, as in 《论语·学而》.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

点 diǎn