逗号 (dòu háo) — comma (punctuation mark, ，)

Definition

Examples

• 写中文的时候，别忘了在适当的地方加逗号。
  Xiě zhōng wén de shí hou, bié wàng le zài shì dàng de dì fāng jiā dòu háo.
  When writing Chinese, don't forget to add a comma in the right places.
• 这个句子里用了三个逗号，显得有点啰嗦。
  Zhè ge jù zi lǐ yòng le sān gè dòu háo, xiǎn de yǒu diǎn luō suo.
  This sentence uses three commas, which makes it a bit wordy.
• 在英语中，列举事物时要用逗号隔开。
  Zài yīng yǔ zhōng, liè jǔ shì wù shí yào yòng dòu háo gé kāi.
  In English, you need to use commas to separate items when listing things.

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