Reduplication of verbs

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Level

A2 / HSK2 and HSK3
Level

A2
Level

HSK2, HSK3
Similar to
- Softening speech with "ba" (A2)
- Verbing briefly with "yixia" (A2)
- Reduplication of adjectives (B1)
- Reduplication of measure words (B1)
- Repeated actions in the past with "you" (B2)
Similar to
- Softening speech with "ba" (HSK1)
- Reduplication of measure words (HSK2)
- Verbing briefly with "yixia" (HSK2)
- Reduplication of adjectives (HSK3)
- Repeated actions in the past with "you" (HSK5)
Used for

Expressing duration, Decreasing formality
Keywords

一

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Contents

1 Structure
2 Examples
3 See also
4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Books

Structure

In Chinese, verbs can be reduplicated to indicate that they happen briefly or "a little bit".

Subject + Verb + Verb

Examples

你看看。
我试试。
你听听。

See also

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

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