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Apparently in Chinese: 看来 (kàn lai)

kàn lai

apparently

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 看來2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1apparently
  2. 2it seems that

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

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ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄌㄞ

lai

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄞ/ ai

Simplified & traditional

看来

Simplified

看來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 看来他很好。

    kàn lái tā hěn hǎo。

    It seems that he is fine.

  • 看来他搞错了。

    kàn lái tā gǎo cuò le。

    It appears that he is mistaken.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

来

lái

to come

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

难看

nán kàn

ugly

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