断句 (duàn gōu) — to punctuate; to insert pauses in unpunctuated writing; to break up a sentence when reading aloud; to pause
Definition
断句 (duàn jù) means to divide running text into sentences — either by adding punctuation to unpunctuated writing (classical texts) or by pausing at the right places when reading aloud.
verb
to punctuateto insert pauses in unpunctuated writingto break up a sentence when reading aloudto pause
Examples
- ，断句。Gǔ shū méi yǒu biāo diǎn, quán kào dú zhě zì jǐ duàn gōu.Ancient books have no punctuation — it's entirely up to the reader to break sentences.
- 。Nǐ lǎng dú de shí hou yào zhù yì duàn hǎo jù.When you read aloud, be careful to pause at the right places.
- 断句。Zhè piān wén zhāng lǐ yǒu yí jù hěn nán duàn gōu.There's one sentence in this essay that's very hard to punctuate.
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