square bracket, square brackets (braces - old term)

大 括 号 da4kuo4hao4

page up

上 页 shang4 ye4

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underline, underscore

底 线 di3xian4

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parentheses

括 弧 kuo4hu2

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Chinese character input

汉 字 输 入 Han4zi4 shu1ru4

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control key

控 制 键 kong4zhi4 jian4

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page down

下 页 xia4 ye4

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insert

插 入 cha1ru4

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comma

逗 号 dou4hao4

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question mark

问 号 wen4hao4

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plus sign

加 号 jia1hao4

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space bar

空 格 键 kong4ge2jian4

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dash

破 折 号 po4zhe2hao4

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slash

斜 杠 字 符 xie2gang4zi4fu2

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control-X (indicates control key combination)

操 控 - X cao1kong4-X

Chelsea

control-X (indicates control key combination)

操 纵 - X cao1kong4-X

Chelsea

character

字 符 zi4fu2

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Chinese speech input

汉 语 语 音 输 入 Han4yu3 yu3yin1 shu1ru4

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equals sign

等 号 deng3hao4

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pointer, dot, decimal point

点 dian3

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percent sign

百 分 号 bai3fen1hao4

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hyphen

连 字 号 lian2zi4hao4

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brackets

括 号 kuo4hao4

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number lock

数 字 锁 定 键 shu4zi4 suo3ding4 jian4

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to press enter

按 回 车 an4 hui2che1

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period

句 号 ju4hao4

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F key, function key

功 能 键 gong1neng2jian4

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number pad

数 字 盘 shu4zi4pan2

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We learned to type in junior high school.

我 们 在 中 学 学 打 字 。 Wo3men zai4 zhong1xue2 xue2 da3zi4.

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I spilled my tea on the keyboard, what am I going to do?

我 把 茶 洒 在 键 盘 上 了 ， 我 该 怎 么 办 呀 ？ Wo3 ba3 cha2 sa3 zai4 jian4pan2shang le, wo3 gai1 zen3me ban4 ya?

Feng XieCheng HongDu FengLi ChunjiangGu Zheng
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enter/return key

回 车 键 hui2che1jian4

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exclamation point

叹 号 tan4 hao4

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Chinese character coding input method

汉 字 编 码 输 入 方 法 Han4zi4 bian1ma3 shu1ru4 fang1fa3

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asterisk, star, *

星 号 xing1hao4

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to press

压 ya1

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hyphen

连 字 符 lian2zi4fu2

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square bracket, square brackets

大 括 弧 da4kuo4hu2

ampersand (&) is the mark of "and"

& [=and] 的 记 号 名 称 & (=and) de ji4hao4 ming2cheng1

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keyboard shortcut

快 捷 键 kuai4jie2jian4

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to delete, to cancel

删 除 shan1chu2

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Chinese character output

汉 字 输 出 Han4zi4 shu1chu1

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backslash

反 斜 杠 字 符 fan3xie2gang4zi4fu2

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semi-colon

分 号 fen1hao4

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curly bracket, curley brackets

花 括 号 hua1kuo4hao4

colon

冒 号 mao4hao4

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enter, carriage return (computer)

回 车 hui2che1

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backspace

退 格 tui4ge2

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to hit, to press

打 da3

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