Reduplication of measure words
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If you know what a measure word is and how to use it, you may be ready for this pattern, where the measure word can repeat, or "reduplicate." It's not a terribly common structure, but the two most common examples of it are 个个 and 天天.
Structure
The reduplicated measure word should precede the predicate of the sentence, often a verb phrase or an adjective.
Subj + MW + MW + Predicate
Examples
- 个 个 。
- 个 个 。
- 天 天 。
- 天 天 。
- 家 家 。
- 家 家 。
- 件 件 。
- 本 本 。
- 条 条 。
- 只 只 。
