What are the differences between punctuation marks in Japanese and Chinese?

Japanese punctuation marks are basically the same as Chinese.

The difference is that the comma in Chinese is , and in Japanese it is , (Chinese pause).

At the same time, in the traditional Japanese writing method, there are no question marks (?) and no exclamation points.

1. Period - "." (Period, まる)

Usage is marked at the end of the sentence. Half of a sentence in a conversational text (the second half is omitted) is also marked with a period. Such as:

Use case

The relationship between the father and the official is the same as the Japanese one.

ええ、HIんで.

Note: If a sentence in conversational text is enclosed in quotation marks, the final period is usually not marked. For example:

" private ですよ. 夜佳さん、private です"

2. Comma - "," or "," (読点, dot or コンマ)

When written vertically, it is written as "," (読点, dot); when written horizontally, it is often written as "," (コンマ); but some people also write ",".

Usage 1: When connecting two related sentences, mark it after the continuation word. When a continuation word is in the middle of a sentence, there must be commas before and after the continuation word.

Use case

そのころprivateは日本の歴史に兴丝をholdっていた. それで、本を何书か読んでみた.

このboots はとてもhusband で, そのうえ, 夤section も安い.

Usage 2: When connecting two sentences using the conjunction-in-form pause method, a comma should be placed after the conjunction-in-form pause. For example:

My private sister is now seventeen years old, and I live in the university's dormitory.

The country's toilet paper and books, AUO's phone number.

When the sentences in Usage 3 include phrases expressing inverse connection, cause, reason, condition, time, etc. which complicate the sentence, in order to facilitate understanding of the structure of the sentence, a comma must be placed after the above sentence.

Use case

タクシー代がなかったので、家まで歩いて帰った.

もしaccidentが発生したoccasion,このレバーを cited the trainをstopめてください.

Usage 4 In order to clearly express a phrase or sentence, it must be followed by a comma.

Use cases

この薬を, に前に一度 before going to bed at night, morning rising きてからもう一step, and drinking んでください.

Private, empty, flying, bird, and free life.

Usage 5: In order to clearly express the relationship between words, commas must be marked. Different placement of the subtitles sometimes changes the meaning of the sentence.

Use case

その人は大きな音にびっくりして、灋ら飞び出した子provided にぶつかった.

その人は、大きな音にびっくりして河から飞び出した子provideに、ぶつかった.

3. Single quotation marks - """ (かぎかっこ, かぎ)

Usage is used to indicate quoted parts or words requiring special attention.

Use case

「そうですか、子公连れじゃいけないんですか」

Tanaka さんは「雨が下らないうちに帰りましょう」と言った.

4. Double quotation marks - """ (二重かぎかっこ, 二重かぎ)

Usage 1 is used to express the title of a book or the title of a newspaper, magazine, etc. For example :

Use case

Yesterday, "Japanese life" という本を読んだ.

Note: When expressing a quotation, if there is a case particle "と" behind it, the quotation part is sometimes not enclosed in quotation marks.

Example: Iruguchi is closed and the paper is closed.

Usage 2: Use double quotes to express the part that needs to be expressed in quotes within single quotes. Such as:

「日本のconversationalでは、「はい」と「いいえ」がはっきりしない」という人が多い.

5. Dash - "—" (ダッシュ)

Usage When inserting a description of a word or inserting another way of saying a word in a sentence, use a dash to indicate the inserted part.

Use case

アメリカの Elementary school では、シュー? アンド? テル (show and tell) - 物を见せて、それに

ついて说する教-がよくいわれる.

6. Ellipsis - "..." (dotted line, double リーダー)

Usage indicates omission or a state of thinking or speechlessness. Such as:

Use case

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 partiesleg ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

7. Midpoint - "?" (なかPoint, なかぐろ)

Usage 1 is used to express parallel body language.

Use case, article, introduction? This thesis? Conclusionの三つのpartに分けられる.

Usage 2 is used to separate two-word loanwords and Western first and last names.

Use case

Tanaka's own division? クリームをwashing place からとってきて, Shigezo no finger first にこすにつけた.

Usage 3 indicates the decimal point of a number when written vertically.

Usage 4 represents the abbreviated form of date and time.

8. Question mark - "?" (クェスチョンマーク)

Usage It is used to express the end of sentences such as questions, questions, interrogations and rhetorical questions.

Use example "そこはきれいな所?"

Note: In ordinary articles, in principle, question marks are basically not used, but replaced by periods.

Example: Tokyo の地図はこれですか.

In addition, when the question mark is used in the middle of a sentence, there must be a space after it. Such as:

「ええ？なんですか」

「え? Stopする?」

9. Exclamation mark——“!”

Usage: Used to express the end of sentences such as exclamation, emphasis, warning, etc.

Use example "Jun! Car, danger!"

Note: Like the question mark, in principle, exclamation marks are not used in ordinary articles, but are replaced by periods. When an exclamation point is used in the middle of a sentence, it should also be followed by a space.

10. Spacer, middle dot - "·" (medium black)

Usage 1: Used when enumerating body language.

Use cases Spring·Summer·Autumn·Winter

Usage 2 is used to separate foreign words, place names, personal names, etc.

Use case microcomputer マイクロ?コンピューター

George Washington ジョージ?ワシントン

Use case 3 is used for abbreviation of dates, times, names, etc.

Usage 4 is used to express appositive.

Use example Yuan Huanli Minister? Tanaka Kakuzu