日日 (rì rì) — every day | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

日日 is a literary, emphatic form of "every day" — the same meaning as 每天 but used in writing or for rhythm and emphasis, not in everyday speech.

bound form

every day

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Tā rì rì jiān chí duàn liàn shēn tǐ.
He exercises every day.
日日，。
rì rì Rú cǐ, wǒ yǐ jīng xí guàn le.
It's like this every day; I'm already used to it.
日日。
Zhè zhǒng zhí wù xū yào rì rì jiāo shuǐ.
This kind of plant needs watering every day.

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.

日日 uses 日 'day' twice to express the idea of every day.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

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