足足 + Amount (a full / as much as) · 足足 + Quantité (pleine / autant que)
A short wait feels unexpectedly long
- You expected a ten-minute queue but waited two hours.
- 我们足足等了两个小时。 — 足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
A short wait feels unexpectedly long
- You expected a ten-minute queue but waited two hours.
- we / us我们fully足足to wait for等(completed / change)了两个hour小时。 — fully足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- 足足 + Amount (a full / as much as): 我们足足等了两个小时。; 这条鱼足足有五斤重。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- fully足足 + Amount (a full / as much as): we / us我们fully足足to wait for等(completed / change)了两个hour小时。; 这条fish鱼足足有五斤heavy / important重。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
You expected a ten-minute queue but waited two hours. What does 我们足足等了两个小时。 communicate?
足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount. The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number. 足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately.
Follow the speaker
I我a full足足wait等了one一(measure word)个hour小时。
- In the opening situation: 我们足足等了两个小时。
- 足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
Follow the speaker
I我a full足足wait等了one一(measure word)个hour小时。
- In the opening situation: we / us我们fully足足to wait for等(completed / change)了两个hour小时。
- fully足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
Using the pattern named in this lesson: Waited a full hour: 我 ____ 等了一个小时。
足足 + Amount = a full / as much as: 足足等了一个小时.
足足 comes before the amount.
Yes — 足足 + 一个小时 / 十公斤.
Check the limit of the explanation
- The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number.
- 足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately.
Check the limit of the explanation
- The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number.
- fully足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately.
足足 must describe an amount that is large in every situation.
The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number. 足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately. 足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form 足了足等两个小时 needs repair here. Write 足足等了两个小时 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form (bound form) foot足(completed / change)了(bound form) foot足to wait for等两个hour小时 needs repair here. Write fully足足to wait for等(completed / change)了两个hour小时 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Rewrite the demonstrated repair exactly: 足了足等两个小时
The demonstrated form is 足足等了两个小时. 足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount.
Keep the distinction
- 足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number. 足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
Keep the distinction
- fully足足 presents the full two hours as a notable amount. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- The speaker's expectation matters, not an absolute minimum number. fully足足十秒 can feel long when a screen should respond immediately.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
In the two-hour queue example, 足足 presents the amount as…
The expectation supplies the comparison. 足足 does not impose an absolute minimum amount.