Chinese symbol for “punctuation”
标点
biāo diǎn
Traditional: 標點
punctuation; a punctuation mark; to punctuate; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for punctuation is 标点 (biāo diǎn), defined as: punctuation; a punctuation mark; to punctuate; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “punctuation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 标点符号 (標點符號) | biāo diǎn fú hào | punctuation; a punctuation mark |
| 句读 (句讀) | jù dòu | pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 标点.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 标准 (標準) | biāo zhǔn | standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 指标 (指標) | zhǐ biāo | (production) target; quota; index; indicator |
| 标题 (標題) | biāo tí | title; heading |
| 标签 (標籤) | biāo qiān | label; tag |
| 一点 (一點) | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “punctuation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.