朵朵 (duǒ duǒ) — (classifier, reduplicated) every; each; clusters of (for flowers, clouds, and similar items)

Definition

朵朵 is the classifier 朵 (for flowers, clouds) reduplicated to mean 'every / clusters of' — each individual bloom or cloud rather than groups. Reads more literary than colloquial.

classifier
(classifier, reduplicated) everyeachclusters of (for flowers, clouds, and similar items)

Examples

  • ，朵朵。
    Chūn tiān lái le, duǒ duǒ xiān huā kāi mǎn le shān pō.
    Spring has come, and every flower blooms all over the hillside.
  • 朵朵。
    Tiān kōng zhōng piāo zhe duǒ duǒ bái yún.
    Clusters of white clouds float in the sky.
  • 朵朵，。
    Tā shōu dào le duǒ duǒ méi gui, fēi cháng kāi xīn.
    She received clusters of roses and was very happy.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

朵duǒflower/cloud classifier
朵duǒflower/cloud classifier

The doubled 朵 gives the sense of each or many flower-like or cloud-like items.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

朵 originally drew a plant stalk with something drooping from it; the lower part and the added stroke later changed into the forms now seen in 朵.

Open 朵 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

朵 originally drew a plant stalk with something drooping from it; the lower part and the added stroke later changed into the forms now seen in 朵.

Open 朵 →

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