一张张

一張張

yìzhāngzhāng

phrase #34,315

Meanings

1 one after another (of flat objects)
2 sheet after sheet
3 many [sheets/photos/faces], one by one

Characters

measure word for flat objects

Examples

HSK 5

她翻看着一张张老照片，眼里含着泪。

Tā fān kàn zhe yìzhāngzhāng lǎo zhàopiàn, yǎnlǐ hán zhe lèi.

She leafed through one old photo after another, her eyes filled with tears.

HSK 7-9

广场上一张张笑脸格外灿烂。

Guǎngchǎng shàng yìzhāngzhāng xiàoliǎn géwài cànlàn.

On the square, one beaming face after another shone especially bright.

Tips

grammar

Reduplicated measure-word pattern: 一 + MW + MW marks 'one after another' or 'every single one of...' Works with any flat-object measure word: 一张张 (sheets/faces), 一片片 (slices/leaves), 一条条 (strips/streets), 一本本 (books). Adds a vivid, slightly literary flavor to descriptive prose.

memory

Think of flipping through a photo album - each 张 is one sheet, and you go through them 一张, 一张, 一张... compressed into 一张张.

Stroke Order

一 yī

张 zhāng