重叠 (chóng dié) — (verb) to overlap; to superimpose; (noun) overlap; overlapping part; (linguistics) reduplication (of Chinese verbs, e.g., 看看, 试试)
Definition
A verb/noun for two things occupying the same space or time ('to overlap'). Unlike 重复 ('to repeat' content/words), 重叠 emphasizes physical or temporal coexistence; in linguistics, it refers to reduplication (e.g., 看看).
verb
to overlapto superimpose(linguistics) reduplication (of Chinese verbs, e.g., 看看, 试试)
noun
overlapoverlapping part
Examples
- 重叠。Zhè liǎng gè tú xíng yǒu yí bù fen chóng dié zài yì qǐ.These two figures overlap partially.
- 重叠，。Tā men de gōng zuò shí jiān chóng dié le, suǒ yǐ hěn nán jiàn miàn.Their work schedules overlapped, so it was hard to meet.
- ，重叠。Zài kǒu yǔ zhōng, dān yīn jié dòng cí cháng tōng guò chóng dié lái biǎo shì qīng sōng de dòng zuò.In spoken Chinese, monosyllabic verbs often use reduplication to indicate a light action.
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