看看

kànkàn

verb #177

Meanings

让我看看。

Ràngwǒ kànkàn.

Let me take a look.

我们去看看吧。

Wǒmen qù kànkàn ba.

Let's go have a look.

你看看这个怎么样。

Nǐ kànkàn zhègè zěnmeyàng.

Take a look at this and see what you think.

grammar

Verb reduplication (看看, 想想, 说说) makes the action sound casual, brief, or tentative. It's a common way to soften requests in Chinese.

看 kàn