Decreasing formality

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The following structures used to decrease formality in Chinese are organized according to our grammar points by level.


A2 Decreasing formality

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Reduplication of verbs Verb + Verb 看看
Verbing briefly with "yixia" Verb + 一下 看 一下