<p>IMO, 你别打狗了你 is more emphatic than just one 你, and you might hear it occasionally in spoken. It connotes that I won't allow you to do so or expressing imperative.</p>

<p>There is another similar expression that puts the subject into the end of a sentence. For example, 别走了你. </p>

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2017-12-29T04:25:46.920Z
2017-12-29T04:25:46.920Z
dan
<p>It is widely used across China, but I think it is mainly used in the northern part of China, maybe Beijing, I'm not sure.</p>

<p><code>你...你</code> in this case is not different from simply using <code>你...</code>, but <code>你...你</code> could express a stronger tone, or willing.</p>

<p>e.g. <code>你別打狗了</code> vs <code>你別打狗了你</code>, both of them mean <code>Don't beat that dog</code>, but the last one is more urgent and anxious.</p>

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2017-12-28T15:16:56.987Z
2017-12-28T15:16:56.987Z
Tianjian Qin
<p>I have been watching a TV show set in Beijing where many of the characters keep saying things like <code>你別打狗了你</code> (probably a bad example), putting a seemingly redundant <code>你</code> at the end. What is this used for? Is it used outside of Beijing?</p>

<grammar><mandarin>
你 <verb phrase> 你
# 你 <verb phrase> 你

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-28)

I have been watching a TV show set in Beijing where many of the characters keep saying things like `你別打狗了你` (probably a bad example), putting a seemingly redundant `你` at the end. What is this used for? Is it used outside of Beijing?

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

It is widely used across China, but I think it is mainly used in the northern part of China, maybe Beijing, I'm not sure.

`你...你` in this case is not different from simply using `你...`, but `你...你` could express a stronger tone, or willing.

e.g. `你別打狗了` vs `你別打狗了你`, both of them mean `Don't beat that dog`, but the last one is more urgent and anxious.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-29. Score: 1

IMO, 你别打狗了你 is more emphatic than just one 你, and you might hear it occasionally in spoken. It connotes that I won't allow you to do so or expressing imperative.

There is another similar expression that puts the subject into the end of a sentence. For example, 别走了你.


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