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Reduplication of Measure Words in Chinese: 个个、天天、件件…

In today’s blog, let’s learn an HSK 2 grammar point that talks about the reduplication of measure words. When a measure word is reduplicated, it emphasises “every” or “each” object under a certain category. In a sentence where the measure word is duplicated, a “都(dou1, all/both)” usually follows after. The sentence pattern is “Subject + AA + 都 + Verb/Adjective Phrase”.

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