破折号 (pò zhé hào) — dash (punctuation mark —)

Definition

noun
dash (punctuation mark —)

Examples

  • 破折号
    Zhōng wén lǐ, pò zhé hào yòng lái biǎo shì huà tí de tū rán zhuǎn biàn.
    In Chinese, a dash is used to indicate a sudden change of topic.
  • 破折号
    Zhè jù huà xū yào jiā yí gè pò zhé hào cái néng gèng qīng chǔ.
    This sentence needs a dash to be clearer.
  • 破折号
    Xiě wén zhāng shí, pò zhé hào bù néng hé dòu hào hùn yòng.
    When writing, a dash should not be mixed with a comma.

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