看起來

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
• Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-khí-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kànqilai
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ˙ㄌㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.chi.lhai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànci̊låi
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän˥˩ t͡ɕʰi˩ laɪ̯˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ hei² loi⁴
    • Yale: hon héi lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hei² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ héi² loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn˧ hei̯˧˥ lɔːy̯˨˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khí-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-khí-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarqylaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã˨˩꜒꜔ kʰi˥˧꜓꜓ laɪ˨˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã˦˩꜒꜒꜓ kʰi˥˥˦꜕꜓ laɪ˨˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã˨˩꜒꜔ kʰi˥˧꜓꜓ laɪ˩˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã˩˩꜒꜔ kʰi˥˧꜓꜓ laɪ˨˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã˨˩꜓꜖ kʰi˦˩꜓꜓ laɪ˨˧/

Verb

看起來

1. to seem; to look as if

   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

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Synonyms of 看起來

似 (sì) (Classial Chinese, or compounds only) 似乎 (sìhū) 像 (xiàng) 像是 (xiàngshì) 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán) 好像 (hǎoxiàng) 如同 (rútóng) 宛 (wǎn) (Classial Chinese, or compounds only) 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary) 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary) 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary) 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú) 敢若 (Min Nan) 敢若是 (Min Nan) 甲像 (Min Nan) 甲像是 (Min Nan)

甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan) 看上去 (kànshàngqù) 看似 (kànsì) 看來／看来 (kànlái) 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi) 若 (ruò) (Classial Chinese, or compounds only) 若像 (Min Nan) 若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan) 表面上 (biǎomiànshang) 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan) 象 (xiàng) 貌似 (màosì) 較像／较像 (Min Nan) 較像是／较像是 (Min Nan) 較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan) 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)