括号 (kuò hào) — parentheses; brackets (general term for enclosing punctuation)
Definition
General term for any enclosing punctuation: parentheses (圆括号), square brackets [方括号], angle brackets ⟨⟩, etc. Not used for the number list marker 序号 or the 顿号 (、).
noun
parenthesesbrackets (general term for enclosing punctuation)
Measure word · 对
Examples
- ，括号。Xiě yóu jiàn shí, qǐng zài kuò hào lǐ zhù míng rì qī.When writing an email, please note the date in parentheses.
- 括号。Zhè piān lùn wén de kuò hào shǐ yòng bú tài guī fàn.The use of brackets in this paper is not very standard.
- 括号。Qǐng bǎ diàn huà hào mǎ xiě zài kuò hào lǐ.Please write the phone number in parentheses.
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