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 yī gè biāodiǎn.
This sentence is missing a punctuation mark.
Gǔwén yībān méi yǒu 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 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