<p>Very interesting question, yes, you can repeat the verb, but except 看看, most of the time, people use this kind of trick just to show cuteness. Especially the girls will do this.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>摸摸 <em>Touch</em></p>
  
  <p>我摸摸小狗.<em>I gently touch the puppy</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>And 一下 is often used in this kind of situation</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你过来一下好吗? Would you come here for a second?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, in theory your sentence <em>你看看一下我的书,好吗</em> is correct, but we never speak this way.</p>

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2014-03-11T23:41:56.137Z
2014-03-11T23:41:56.137Z
Ave Maleficum
<p>We can say:</p>

<pre><code>我略微看了一下。
我稍微看了一下。
我大略看了一下。
我粗粗看了一下。
我匆匆看了一下。
</code></pre>

<p>Or</p>

<pre><code>我略微看了看。
我稍微看了看。
我大略看了看。
我粗粗看了看。
我匆匆看了看。
</code></pre>

<p>Note: the difference between 看了一下 and 看了看 is that:</p>

<pre><code>看了一下 means take ONE look at it, and its time duration is very short.
看了看 means take a FEW looks at it, and its time duration is a little longer.
</code></pre>

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2014-03-11T22:42:46.267Z
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孤影萍踪
<p>normally I don't use repeated verb with 一下，not sure if it's legit but it does sound weird.</p>

<p>in that case. 看一下 would be sufficient.</p>

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2014-03-11T03:17:57.037Z
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YS.Tan
<p>So I learned recently that you can do two things in Chinese</p>

<ul>
<li>repeat the verb (such as in 看看)</li>
<li>append 一下 to the verb to denote a shorter duration (in this case,
look for a moment).</li>
</ul>

<p>I was just wondering, can you use both at once? For example, could I say "你看看一下我的书,好吗？" to, in this case, ask someone to look at my book for an extremely short period of time?</p>

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Can you combine sentence structures to denote an extremely short duration?
# Can you combine sentence structures to denote an extremely short duration?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-11)

So I learned recently that you can do two things in Chinese

* repeat the verb (such as in 看看)
* append 一下 to the verb to denote a shorter duration (in this case,
  look for a moment).

I was just wondering, can you use both at once? For example, could I say "你看看一下我的书,好吗？" to, in this case, ask someone to look at my book for an extremely short period of time?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-03-11. Score: 2

Very interesting question, yes, you can repeat the verb, but except 看看, most of the time, people use this kind of trick just to show cuteness. Especially the girls will do this.

> 摸摸 *Touch*
>
> 我摸摸小狗.*I gently touch the puppy*

And 一下 is often used in this kind of situation

> 你过来一下好吗? Would you come here for a second?

So, in theory your sentence *你看看一下我的书,好吗* is correct, but we never speak this way.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-03-11. Score: 0

We can say:
我略微看了一下。
我稍微看了一下。
我大略看了一下。
我粗粗看了一下。
我匆匆看了一下。

Or
我略微看了看。
我稍微看了看。
我大略看了看。
我粗粗看了看。
我匆匆看了看。

Note: the difference between 看了一下 and 看了看 is that:
看了一下 means take ONE look at it, and its time duration is very short.
看了看 means take a FEW looks at it, and its time duration is a little longer.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-03-11. Score: -1

normally I don't use repeated verb with 一下，not sure if it's legit but it does sound weird.

in that case. 看一下 would be sufficient.


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