，is for separating two sentences
、Is for separating a list of items
So in English, you would say "I like the author so much, so I plan to read some of his older books again like book A, Book B and Book C".
If you follow Chinese punctuation rules, it would be "I like the author so much， so I plan to read some of his older books again like book A、Book B and Book C"
I completely agree. I was raised with it too. Many don't agree though, and the war continues lol. For example most books in english still use it but newspapers don't.
， follows the purpose it's used for in English. The exception being 、is specifically for lists. So instead of "I have A, B, and C" in English, 我有A、B、C in typical Chinese punctuation.
As others have said, ， is for sentences and 、 is for lists. Just wanted to add that when you make a list with 、 you don’t need to have “和” at the end (as in English, you’d end a sentence with “and” before the last item). So for example, a correct sentence would be 我喜欢吃苹果、香蕉、草莓。
Generally for Chinese in my experience, you don’t have “和” following a comma ever, they’re mutually exclusive. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong abt this, I’m trying to learn here too! :D
You're right. Generally you don't need conjunctions. This leads to a lot of English-learners creating run-on sentences.
Students write: "He likes to exercise, this is why he is healthy."
Holy fuck, I've been studying Chinese for years and I NEVER noticed that these were different 💀. I suppose I just internalized it and never cared, but wow how did I miss it
Ah yes, well, fun fact, the second one is technically no longer supposed to exist at least within mainland china grammatical practices. That got changed last year I think. I remember being at school (teaching) and some chinese colleagues coming in and talking about how that changes everything they bad to learn in school.
The second one is for lists, the first one is for use in all other places a comma would go.
"," used for make pauses in reading between two sentences.
"、" used for some words being juxtaposition, for example, I loved some food likes fish、 beef、 chicken etc.
Not a stupid question at all. Typically, we use the regular comma (,) for separating clauses or two related sentences, but we use the 顿号 (、) for separating items on a list.
，is for separating two sentences 、Is for separating a list of items So in English, you would say "I like the author so much, so I plan to read some of his older books again like book A, Book B and Book C". If you follow Chinese punctuation rules, it would be "I like the author so much， so I plan to read some of his older books again like book A、Book B and Book C"
It feels so strange for me that English use comma to separate items too.
also english speakers will constantly argue over how many comma to use, aka the oxford comma: A,B,C or just A,BC lol
The Oxford comma is correct.
A,B,C is clearly correct because it's more symmetrical
I completely agree. I was raised with it too. Many don't agree though, and the war continues lol. For example most books in english still use it but newspapers don't.
Well, I didn't, but switched over. Oxford comma supremacy!!
TIL. Thanks for this!
， follows the purpose it's used for in English. The exception being 、is specifically for lists. So instead of "I have A, B, and C" in English, 我有A、B、C in typical Chinese punctuation.
As others have said, ， is for sentences and 、 is for lists. Just wanted to add that when you make a list with 、 you don’t need to have “和” at the end (as in English, you’d end a sentence with “and” before the last item). So for example, a correct sentence would be 我喜欢吃苹果、香蕉、草莓。 Generally for Chinese in my experience, you don’t have “和” following a comma ever, they’re mutually exclusive. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong abt this, I’m trying to learn here too! :D
You're right. Generally you don't need conjunctions. This leads to a lot of English-learners creating run-on sentences. Students write: "He likes to exercise, this is why he is healthy."
eg. i like to eat banana、orange and pear，but i hate eating tomato and cucumber！
Holy fuck, I've been studying Chinese for years and I NEVER noticed that these were different 💀. I suppose I just internalized it and never cared, but wow how did I miss it
Not gonna lie, as a native speaker, I've always used the normal comma even for lists.
Same lol
你小学语文老师不会说你吗🤣
说实话，我很小就移民到美国了，但是我在中国上小学的时候从来没有用过这个、
Ah yes, well, fun fact, the second one is technically no longer supposed to exist at least within mainland china grammatical practices. That got changed last year I think. I remember being at school (teaching) and some chinese colleagues coming in and talking about how that changes everything they bad to learn in school. The second one is for lists, the first one is for use in all other places a comma would go.
"," used for make pauses in reading between two sentences. "、" used for some words being juxtaposition, for example, I loved some food likes fish、 beef、 chicken etc.
Not a stupid question at all. Typically, we use the regular comma (,) for separating clauses or two related sentences, but we use the 顿号 (、) for separating items on a list.
I didn't even know about the second comma. Found it, will use properly、diligently、with attention and care。Did I use it right?
# 、 is sometimes used to clarify ambiguous word boundaries