Definition
省略号 is the Chinese ellipsis punctuation mark, written as six dots (……) occupying the space of two Chinese characters. It is used to indicate omitted text, a pause, or a trailing-off thought. Despite the source gloss, it does not mean "apostrophe" in modern Chinese — that is 撇号. The "musical abbreviation" sense is obsolete or extremely rare.
n.
ellipsis (punctuation mark, written as six dots ……)
Examples
- ，省略号。Tā zài duǎnxìn li xiě le yí jù méiyǒu shuō wán de huà, hòumiàn yòng shěng lüè hào biǎoshì.He wrote an unfinished sentence in the text message and used an ellipsis at the end.
- ，省略号。Yǐnyòng shí yào shānchú bùfen wénzì, kěyǐ yòng shěng lüè hào dàitì.When quoting, you can use an ellipsis to replace deleted text.
- 省略号，。Zhè piān wénzhāng li shěng lüè hào yòng de tài duō, dú qǐlái bù liúchàng.This article uses too many ellipses, making it read less fluently.
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