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.

2. to look and perceive
   • 2011 December 5, letoh, “Forth 是個巧門，也是偏見，想「書同文」，得換一個套路！燾昍”, in 符式協會‎^[1] (Usenet):

     關於forth model跟lisp model的共通性 […] 當然因為 […] 但就運作上來說，我看起來就是一樣的模型。 [MSC, trad.]
     关于forth model跟lisp model的共通性 […] 当然因为 […] 但就运作上来说，我看起来就是一样的模型。 [MSC, simp.]

     Guānyú forth model gēn lisp model de gòngtōngxìng […] dāngrán yīnwèi […] dàn jiù yùnzuò shàng láishuō, wǒ kàn qǐlái jiù shì yīyàng de móxíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013 August 7, 边伟, “转：《生命的重建”, in 春光花园‎^[2] (Usenet):

     因为你看起来艰难的，在他们看起来也许很简单。 [MSC, simp.]
     因為你看起來艱難的，在他們看起來也許很簡單。 [MSC, trad.]

     Yīnwèi nǐ kàn qǐlái jiānnán de, zài tāmen kàn qǐlái yěxǔ hěn jiǎndān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023 April 6, 曾泓雲, “[HW2] Resolver forward給192.168.254.3有error”, in NYCU NASA 課程討論區‎^[3] (Usenet):

     我看起來你好像沒有實作遞迴查詢？ [MSC, trad.]
     我看起来你好像没有实作递回查询？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ kàn qǐlái nǐ hǎoxiàng méiyǒu shízuò dìhuí cháxún? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (to seem):

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• 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
Northeastern 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, 睇落, 望落
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
	Jieyang	睇著, 睇款
Wu	Shanghai	看上去