省略号

省略號

shěnglüèhào

noun #34,006

Meanings

1 ellipsis (the punctuation mark ……)
2 suspension points

Characters

to save; to omit

Examples

中文的省略号是六个点。

Zhōngwén de shěnglüèhào shì liù gè diǎn.

The Chinese ellipsis is six dots.

他在句末加了一个省略号。

Tā zài jùmò jiāle yī gè shěnglüèhào.

He added an ellipsis at the end of the sentence.

Tips

culture

Watch the form: in Chinese the ellipsis is six dots written across the middle of the line (……), not three on the baseline like English (...). It's used to mark omission, trailing-off speech, or pauses.

Stroke Order

省 shěng

略 lüè

号 hào