Reduplication of verbs
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Structure
In Chinese, verbs can be reduplicated to indicate that they happen briefly or "a little bit".
Examples
- 你 看看。
- 我 试试。
- 他 听听。
Sources and further reading
Books
- New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 18) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (pp. 227-8) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 85) →buy
- Contemporary Chinese 1 (当代中文1) (pp. 125) →buy
- Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp. 152-160) →buy
