Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌ | |
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* Listing examples “ 有 ” + the use of a dot to list things |
On the contrary, when we are listing some of the examples or all of the examples, we have to use the word “有” in Chinese to do so. |
For example: 香港有名的宗教場所有黃大仙、寶蓮寺、清真寺和天主教堂等。Hoeng1 gong2 jau5 ming4 dik1 miu6 jyu5 jau5 wong4 daai6 sin1, bou2 lin4 zi2, cing1 zan1 zi2 wo4 tin1 zyu2 gaau3 tong4 dang2。 |
When we want to give a few examples, we will use three dots “ …” or “ so on” in English to help us. However, we will use six dot “……” or “ 等 ” to leave out examples that we do not want to mention in Chinese. |
For the Punctuation mark, there are difference between Chinese and English. From the above example, we use comma to separate items in a series in English. However, we use a dot(、) to separate items in a series in Chinese. The last item in a series is usually preceded by a conjunction. They are “and” or “or” in English and “ 和 ” or “ 或 ” in Chinese. |
The use of punctuation mark in Chinese is quite complicated. So far, we have learnt two punctuation marks. The first one is dot (、) to list things . The other is a “full stop”. In Chinese, the full stop is like a small circle (。). It is used when the whole idea is finished. |