看起來

See also: 看起来

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to rise up; to get up; to get up to rise up; to get up; to get up; to get out of bed
trad. (看起來)		看	起來
simp. (看起来)		看	起来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànqilai

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ˙ㄌㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ hei² loi⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ hi³ loi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-khí-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànqilai
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ˙ㄌㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànci̊låi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-chʻi⁵-lai⁵
    • Yale: kàn-chi-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.chi.lai
    • Palladius: каньцилай (kanʹcilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹ laɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ hei² loi⁴
    • Yale: hon héi lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hei² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ héi² loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ hei̯³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ hi³ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi³¹ loɪ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khí-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-khí-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarqylaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³/

Verb

看起來

1. to seem; to look as if

   你看起來很沮喪，怎麼了？ [MSC, trad.]
   你看起来很沮丧，怎么了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kànqilai hěn jǔsàng, zěnme le? [Pinyin]

   You look depressed, what's up?

   他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]

   His father looks like a sprightly old man.

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 看來 (“to look like; to seem like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Mandarin	Taiwan	看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇嚟, 睇起上嚟
	Hong Kong	睇嚟, 睇起嚟, 睇起上嚟
Southern Min	Xiamen	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
	Quanzhou	看來, 看款, 看勢
	Zhangzhou	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
Wu	Shanghai	看上去