Due to the need for naming in the code, I have compiled a common Chinese-English table of punctuation marks.
Punctuation in Chinese and English tables
Symbol |
English |
Chinese |
. |
Period or full stop |
Period |
, |
Comma |
Comma |
: |
Colon |
Colon |
; |
Semicolon |
Semicolon |
。 |
Exclamation mark |
Exclamation |
。 |
Question mark |
Question mark |
- |
Hyphen |
Hyphens |
* |
Asterisk |
Asterisk |
' |
Apostrophe |
All lattice symbols, ellipsis of words inside |
— |
Dash |
Dash |
_ |
Underscore |
Underline |
‘ ’ |
Single quotation marks |
Single quotation marks |
“ ” |
Double quotation marks |
Double quotes |
( ) |
Parenthesis or round brackets |
Parentheses |
[ ] |
Square brackets |
Square brackets |
<> |
Angle Brackets |
Angle brackets |
{} |
Curly brackets or braces |
Curly Braces |
《 》 |
French Quotes |
A French quotation mark; a title number. |
... |
Ellipsis |
Ellipsis |
¨ |
Tandem Colon |
Double dot number |
‖ |
Parallel |
Double line number |
/ |
Slash or Virgule or diagonal mark |
Slash number |
& |
Ampersand = and |
|
~ |
Tilde or swung dash |
Tilde |
§ |
Section Division |
Section number |
→ |
Arrow |
arrows; see the number |
| |
Vertical bar |
Vertical |
\ |
Backslash |
Reverse Slash |
Mathematical symbols in Chinese and English tables
Symbol |
English |
Chinese |
+ |
Plus |
A plus sign; |
- |
Minus |
Minus sign; |
± |
Plus or minus |
PLUS sign |
X |
is multiplied by |
Multiplication sign |
÷ |
is divided by |
Division Sign |
= |
is equal to |
equals sign |
≠ |
is isn't equal to |
Not equal to number |
≡ |
is equivalent to |
Full equals sign |
≌ |
is equal to or approximately equal to |
equals or approximately equals sign |
≈ |
is approximately equal to |
Approximately equals sign |
The |
Less than sign |
Less than sign |
> |
More than or greater than sign greater than |
|
≮ |
is isn't less than |
No less than sign |
≯ |
Is isn't more than |
No greater than sign |
≤ |
is less than or equal to |
Less than or equal to number |
≥ |
is more than or equal to |
Greater than or equal to number |
% |
per cent |
Percent... |
‰ |
Per Mill |
Thousand Points of ... |
∞ |
Infinity |
Infinity Size |
∝ |
Varies as |
And... Proportional |
√ |
(square) Root |
Square root |
∵ |
Since Because |
Because |
∴ |
Hence |
So |
∷ |
equals, as (proportion) |
Equal to, proportional |
∠ |
Angle |
Angle |
⌒ |
Semicircle |
Semicircle |
⊙ |
Circle |
Round |
0 |
Circumference |
Circle |
|
Triangle |
Triangle |
⊥ |
Perpendicular to |
Perpendicular to |
∪ |
Union of |
And, the collection |
∩ |
Intersection of |
Sex, Thong Set |
∫ |
The integral of |
... The integral |
∑ |
(Sigma) Summation of |
Sum |
° |
Degree |
Degree |
′ |
Minute |
Score of |
″ |
Second |
Seconds |
# |
Number |
... No. |
℃ |
Celsius system |
Degrees celsius |
@ |
At |
In |