标点

標點
biāodiǎn
noun #37,492

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 punctuation
  2. 2 punctuation mark
  3. 3 to add punctuation

Examples

Zhè jù huà shǎo le yí ge biāodiǎn.
This sentence is missing a punctuation mark.
Gǔwén yìbān méiyǒu biāodiǎn, xūyào hòurén qù biāodiǎn.
Classical Chinese texts usually have no punctuation; later scholars have to add it.

Tips

history
Modern Chinese punctuation was only standardized in the 1920s - classical 文言 was written without it, so 断句 (figuring out where sentences break) was a serious skill. The full term is 标点符号 (biāodiǎn fúhào, 'punctuation marks').

Stroke Order

biāo
diǎn