In Chinese, repeated syllables are very common in everyday speech, so they might think that tata and toto were abbreviations of something significant. example:

In Chinese, repeated syllables are very common in everyday speech, so they might think that tata and toto were abbreviations of something significant. example: 胖胖 (pàng pàng) "fat fat," nickname for a fat child in the class (generally considered a compliment.) Chinese speakers are also (according to my teacher) very fond of the English "Bye Bye" for goodbye, since it follows the same pattern, and will use it in place of 再见 (zài jiàn) "again see" if they know you will understand it.