🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

和号

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hé hào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ampersand/ˈæm.pɚ.sænd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个公司名称中间有一个和号。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The character or sign (&) representing the word 'and'.

    "The company changed its name to use an ampersand instead of the word 'and'."
  2. 2

    A typographic symbol historically used in various scripts and printing to save space and speed up writing.

    "He carefully drew the ornate ampersand at the beginning of the chapter title."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from the phrase 'and (&) per se and', meaning the character '&' by itself represents the word 'and'. Over time, through rapid pronunciation and folk etymology in 19th-century English schooling, the phrase was condensed into 'ampersand'.

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