Repeated characters in a valid sentance

[daveonhols]

I had the idea once of what is the most number of consecutive identical characters you can have in a valid meaningful sentence. Eg 我现在在北京, containing two 在s. My teacher said "你最好 好好复习", which has three 好s. Any other suggestions?

[Guoke]

English can have five consecutive identical words in a sentence:

I think that that that that that student wrote is illegible.

[imron]

It can have 8: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

水牛水牛水牛水牛水牛水牛水牛水牛 doesn't quite have the same ring

[Guoke]

不可思议

[daofeishi]

I am not sure if anyone would ever say "个个个人", but grammatically speaking, it should be correct? In that case, we could say something like "<某事>---这个，个个个人都要注意."

[WestTexas]

how about 呸呸呸呸! (btw, is this a bad word? someone told me it was but it just seems to mean 'stop!' so I don't get how it is vulgar)

[daofeishi]

呸呸呸呸

If we accept constructions where onomatopoeia, syllables or words are repeated for dramatic effect, then there is almost no limit to how many characters you can have in a sentence.

“来来来，来来来，车快到了!”

"不不不不不不，这不是我的意思！"

etc

So maybe we should exclude that from the discussion.

[imron]

So maybe we should exclude that from the discussion.

对对对

[imluffy]

Here a couplet：海水朝，朝朝朝，朝朝朝落；浮云长，长长长，长长长消

Read：海水潮chao，朝zhao朝zhao潮chao，朝zhao潮chao朝zhao落。

浮云长zhang，长chang长chang长zhang，长chang长zhang长chang消。

意思是，海水涨潮，每天早上涨，早上涨也早上落；浮云渐变大，经常变大，常生常灭。

[imluffy]

Here website you can see many sentences: 叠字联

“行，行，行，行行且止； 　　坐，坐，坐，坐坐何妨。” 　“佛脚清泉，飘飘飘飘飘下两条玉带；源头活水，冒冒冒冒冒出一串珍珠。”