<p>All are wrong. Three dots "…" is one single character in Chinese font, like the comment by @SLS under his answer. It's not correct to written to six English dots, or three Chinese period marks.</p>

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2017-05-31T13:40:04.233Z
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xenophōn
<p>the formal type is ……and somtimes we use ... or 。。。to express the same meaning</p>

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J.Wang
<p>The last one is right，we use 6 dots in china，“。。。”is just three “。” sometimes will be used to have a chat online</p>

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2017-03-31T07:09:58.037Z
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Frank Dong
<p>Six dots.</p>

<p>It is called <a href="http://language.moe.gov.tw/001/Upload/FILES/SITE_CONTENT/M0001/HAU/h11.htm" rel="noreferrer">刪節號</a> in Taiwan, and <a href="http://www.zdic.net/appendix/f3.htm" rel="noreferrer">省略号</a> in China. Both use 6 dots.</p>

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2017-04-03T21:07:44.610Z
Is it 6 periods or 2 "ellipsis marks" that take up the space of two characters?
user3871
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[U+2026 ……](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis)
In Chinese, the ellipsis is six dots (in two groups of three dots, occupying the same horizontal or vertical space as two characters).
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2017-03-30T20:21:48.650Z
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SLS
<p>How is an ellipsis 省略号 written in Chinese?</p>

<p><code>。。。</code></p>

<p><code>...</code></p>

<p>or </p>

<p><code>......</code></p>

<p>The only reference I can find on this is <a href="https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/punctuation-ellipsis-%E7%9C%81%E7%95%A5%E5%8F%B7%E3%80%80.1611958/" rel="noreferrer">this word reference forum</a> which states <code>......</code>. <a href="https://zhongruige.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/the-art-of-punctuation-in-chinese/" rel="noreferrer">This</a> also says 6 dots.</p>

<p>E.g.,</p>

<p><code>在這裡輸入您的訊息......</code> （Type your message here...）</p>

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2017-05-31T16:52:46.877Z
similar question asked again only 8 days ago: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/23859/punctuation-omiting-part-of-a-quote  repetition of earlier answer earned another 7X10 points
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Chinese ellipsis marks
# Chinese ellipsis marks

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-30)

How is an ellipsis 省略号 written in Chinese?

`。。。`

`...`

or

`......`

The only reference I can find on this is [this word reference forum](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/punctuation-ellipsis-%E7%9C%81%E7%95%A5%E5%8F%B7%E3%80%80.1611958/) which states `......`. [This](https://zhongruige.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/the-art-of-punctuation-in-chinese/) also says 6 dots.

E.g.,

`在這裡輸入您的訊息......` （Type your message here...）

**Tags:** traditional-characters, simplified-characters, punctuation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: similar question asked again only 8 days ago: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/23859/punctuation-omiting-part-of-a-quote  repetition of earlier answer earned another 7X10 points  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-03-30. Score: 11 | Accepted answer

Six dots.

It is called [刪節號](http://language.moe.gov.tw/001/Upload/FILES/SITE_CONTENT/M0001/HAU/h11.htm) in Taiwan, and [省略号](http://www.zdic.net/appendix/f3.htm) in China. Both use 6 dots.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Is it 6 periods or 2 "ellipsis marks" that take up the space of two characters?  
> **username_5**: [U+2026 ……](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis) In Chinese, the ellipsis is six dots (in two groups of three dots, occupying the same horizontal or vertical space as two characters).  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-05-31. Score: 0

All are wrong. Three dots "…" is one single character in Chinese font, like the comment by @username_5 under his answer. It's not correct to written to six English dots, or three Chinese period marks.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-03-31. Score: 0

the formal type is ……and somtimes we use ... or 。。。to express the same meaning


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-03-31. Score: -1

The last one is right，we use 6 dots in china，“。。。”is just three “。” sometimes will be used to have a chat online


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