What's the difference between 听 and 听听?

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你们在聊什么？我想听。

你们在聊什么？我想听听。

I think 听 is stiff, and 听听 is more casual. How do I express that diffeneces in English?

Possible duplicate of Why are there duplicates in the following words 游游泳, 化化妆, 散散步, ..., etc? — Tang Ho, Commented May 2, 2018 at 9:40
Where did you get this? I think it might be better to say '让我听一下‘ than 我想听 — Pedroski, Commented May 2, 2018 at 10:59
grammar topic: verb reduplication/动词的重叠, search site: chinese.stackexchange.com/search?q=verb+reduplication, — user6065, Commented May 2, 2018 at 11:25
请看我: please look at me, 请看看我/请看一下我: please take a look at me. — xenophōn, Commented May 3, 2018 at 2:50

sfy · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-04 15:08:44Z

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Double verb will make your speaking sounds more casual, natural, cute, free,

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answered May 4, 2018 at 15:08

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