If reading out a telephone number
e.g. 123-456789
Denwa bangō wa ichi ni san - yon go roku nana hachi kyū desu
What is the dash / hyphen called? Is it spoken? If so how is it pronounced or how do you write it?
Answer
I think you can either pause at a dash or read it as の.
As you can see in this page, where two professional announcers are discussing how to correctly read/pronounce numbers, it is also correct to read a phone number 03-1230-4050 as 「れいさんの いちにさんれいの よんれいごれい」.
Also in this TV commercial they read 0120-999-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろ きゅうきゅうきゅうの ろくろくろく」, and in this TV commercial 0120-666-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろの ろくろくろくの ろくろくろく」.
So, for example 0123-456-7890 can be read:
「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうれい」-- pausing at each dash
「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろくの ななはちきゅうれい」-- using a pause and の
「れいいちに(い)さんの よんご(お)ろくの ななはちきゅうれい」-- using の
Actually in recent years it has become much more common to read the number "0" as 「ぜろ」 than as 「れい」 (at least in real life), as in:
「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうぜろ」
「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろくの ななはちきゅうぜろ」
「ぜろいちに(い)さんの よんご(お)ろくの ななはちきゅうぜろ」
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