<p>Double verb will make your speaking sounds more casual, natural, cute, free,</p>

<p>Your username reminds me the meme</p>

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2018-05-04T15:08:44.727Z
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sfy
<blockquote>
<p>你们在聊什么？我想听。</p>
<p>你们在聊什么？我想听听。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I think 听 is stiff, and 听听 is more casual.
How do I express that diffeneces in English?</p>

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2018-05-02T09:40:23.083Z
Possible duplicate of [Why are there duplicates in the following words 游游泳, 化化妆, 散散步, ..., etc?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26236/why-are-there-duplicates-in-the-following-words-%e6%b8%b8%e6%b8%b8%e6%b3%b3-%e5%8c%96%e5%8c%96%e5%a6%86-%e6%95%a3%e6%95%a3%e6%ad%a5-etc)
Tang Ho
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2018-05-02T10:59:00.747Z
Where did you get this? I think it might be better to say '让我听一下‘ than 我想听
Pedroski
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2018-05-02T11:25:31.513Z
grammar topic: verb reduplication/动词的重叠, search site: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/search?q=verb+reduplication,
user6065
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2018-05-03T02:50:13.350Z
请看我: please look at me, 请看看我/请看一下我: please take a look at me.
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What's the difference between 听 and 听听?
# What's the difference between 听 and 听听?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-02)

> 你们在聊什么？我想听。
>
> 你们在聊什么？我想听听。

I think 听 is stiff, and 听听 is more casual.
How do I express that diffeneces in English?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Possible duplicate of [Why are there duplicates in the following words 游游泳, 化化妆, 散散步, ..., etc?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26236/why-are-there-duplicates-in-the-following-words-%e6%b8%b8%e6%b8%b8%e6%b3%b3-%e5%8c%96%e5%8c%96%e5%a6%86-%e6%95%a3%e6%95%a3%e6%ad%a5-etc)  
> **username_2**: Where did you get this? I think it might be better to say '让我听一下‘ than 我想听  
> **username_3**: grammar topic: verb reduplication/动词的重叠, search site: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/search?q=verb+reduplication,  
> **username_4**: 请看我: please look at me, 请看看我/请看一下我: please take a look at me.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2018-05-04. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Double verb will make your speaking sounds more casual, natural, cute, free,

Your username reminds me the meme

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Y9Quv.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Y9Quv.jpg)


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