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RE: Learn 10 simple Chinese words
Haha not quite... the tonality of it is very important, so depending on the pronunciation it could mean "write", "shoes", or "rest a while"
Haha not quite... the tonality of it is very important, so depending on the pronunciation it could mean "write", "shoes", or "rest a while"
The compound word 鞋鞋 xiěxié / shiieeshye is a word used by infants or their mothers speaking “motherese”: “shoesies”: 你的鞋子在哪裡啊 Nǐ de xiěxié zài nǎlǐ a / Niid shieeshye tzay naalii a? “Where are your shoesies?”
The other duplicated words are less common and not worth noticing.