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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

代词号

Native Script:波浪号

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dài cín hào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tilde/ˈtɪl.də/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个单词上面有一个波浪号。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An accent mark (~) placed over a letter, especially n, to indicate a change in pronunciation, such as nasalization in Spanish or Portuguese.

    "The Spanish letter 'ñ' contains a tilde above the 'n'."
  2. 2

    A typographical symbol resembling a wavy line, used in mathematics to denote approximation or in computing as a shorthand symbol.

    "In mathematics, the tilde is frequently used to indicate that two values are approximately equal."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Spanish word 'tilde', originating from the Latin 'titulus' meaning a superscription or title. Historically used in medieval manuscripts as a mark of abbreviation, it evolved into the specific diacritics and symbols used in various modern orthographies and computer science.

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