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To look as if in Chinese: 看似 (kàn sì)

kàn sì

to look as if

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to look as if
  2. 2to seem

Stroke order

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似

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ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄙˋ

sì

ㄙ/ sˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这道题看似简单，其实很难。

    zhè dào tí kàn sì jiǎn dān， qí shí hěn nán。

    This problem looks simple, but it's actually hard.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

看来

kàn lai

apparently

难看

nán kàn

ugly

似的

shì de

seems as if

似乎

sì hū

it seems

相似

xiāng sì

similar

好看

hǎo kàn

good-looking

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor

看到

kàn dào

to see

观看

guān kàn

to watch

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