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[–] 50 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

There's no capitalization in written Chinese.

But there is a "upper case" for writing numbers. Its set of very complex characters meant for writing contracts so you can't easily tamper with it.

Like "一" (one) could be easily changed to a "十" (ten) with just one stroke, but "壹" also means "one", but you can't add strokes to change it, any attempt at tampering with contracts/documents would be easily noticed. Usually this is never used in every-day life.

(Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals#Ordinary_numerals)

It's not really "capitalization" but more like writing "One Thousand Dollars" instead of "$1000"

Idk what you mean by "emphasis", but there is no difference between proper nouns and common nouns. I mean, there is italics and bold if written digitally. Or underlining it if written on paper.

(I'm Chinese-American btw)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Idk what you mean by "emphasis", but there is no difference between proper nouns and common nouns. I mean, there is italics and bold if written digitally. Or underlining it if written on paper.

    I THINK THEY'RE ASKING HOW YOU WOULD WRITE SO AS TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SPEAKER IS YELLING

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago*

    對唔住,漢字冇大寫子,用 BOLD 就得啦

    (Sorry, Chinese Characters do not have capitalized characters, just use bold)

    明唔明?

    (Get it?)

    If the site doesn't show bold, then:

    注意!
    ***重要消息係呢度!!!***
    明唔明?

    Attention!
    *** Important Message Here!!! ***
    Get it?

    This works too.

    (Note: I do not browse Chinese internet often, but this is what I would personally use to highlight it)

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