看
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Seemingly in Chinese: 看起来 (kàn qǐ lai)

kàn qǐ lai

seemingly

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 看起來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1seemingly
  2. 2apparently
  3. 3looks as if
  4. 4appear to be
  5. 5gives the impression that
  6. 6seems on the face of it to be

Stroke order

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看
起
来

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

˙ㄌㄞ

lai

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄞ/ ai

Simplified & traditional

看起来

Simplified

看起來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他看起来很累，早点休息吧。

    tā kàn qǐ lai hěn lèi， zǎo diǎn xiū xi ba。

    He looks tired; he should rest early.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

来

lái

to come

起

qǐ

to rise

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

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

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

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