verb + 着 + verb + 着
While doing something (and then …)
V着V着: in the middle of doing something, another thing happens.
In stories
喝着喝着，他就喝多了。
大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven HSK 3
爷爷说，听着听着就能睡着。
爷爷的收音机 · Grandpa's radio HSK 5
有一天，他坐着小船，沿着一条小河往上游走，走着走着，竟然忘了自己走了多远。
桃花源记 · The Peach Blossom Spring, retold in modern Chinese HSK 6
What does verb + 着 + verb + 着 mean in Chinese?
While doing something (and then …). V着V着: in the middle of doing something, another thing happens.
How common is verb + 着 + verb + 着?
It comes up in 3 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.
Does it correct my mistakes?
No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.
More free tools
Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.