Chinese ellipsis marks

Question

How is an ellipsis 省略号 written in Chinese?

。。。

...

or

......

The only reference I can find on this is this word reference forum which states ....... This also says 6 dots.

E.g.,

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

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 — user6065, May 31 '17 at 16:52

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '17 at 20:21

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Six dots.

It is called 刪節號 in Taiwan, and 省略号 in China. Both use 6 dots.

answered Mar 30 '17 at 20:21

SLS

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Is it 6 periods or 2 "ellipsis marks" that take up the space of two characters? – user3871 Apr 03 '17 at 21:07
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U+2026 …… In Chinese, the ellipsis is six dots (in two groups of three dots, occupying the same horizontal or vertical space as two characters). – SLS Apr 04 '17 at 04:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:22

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

answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:22

J.Wang

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 31 '17 at 13:40

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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.

answered May 31 '17 at 13:40

xenophōn

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:09

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

answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:09

Frank Dong

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Chinese ellipsis marks

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