"看來" meaning in Chinese

See 看來 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/, /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/, /hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/, /kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/, /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kànlái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hon³ loi⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khon-lòi [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], kon⁴ loi² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], khòaⁿ-lâi, khòaⁿ--lâi, kànlái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kànlai [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], kànlåi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan⁴-lai⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kàn-lai [Mandarin, Yale], kann.lai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], каньлай [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹlaj [Mandarin, Palladius], hon lòih [Cantonese, Yale], hon³ loi⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hon³ loi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khon-lòi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kon loiˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kon⁴ loi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], khòaⁿ-lâi [Hokkien, POJ], khuànn-lâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvoarlaai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khòaⁿ--lâi [Hokkien, POJ], khuànn--lâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 看來
  1. to seem as if; to appear; to look like Derived forms: 在我看來 (zài wǒ kànlái), 在我看来 (zài wǒ kànlái), 從……看來, 从……看来
    Sense id: en-看來-zh-verb-z4jRwqkR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Mandarin words containing toneless variants Synonyms: 看來 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看起來 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看樣子 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 看來 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 看起來 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 看樣子 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 睇嚟 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 睇起上嚟 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 睇嚟 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 睇起嚟 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 睇起上嚟 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 看來 [Xiamen], 看款 [Xiamen], 看款式 [Xiamen], 看勢 [Xiamen], 看勢面 [Xiamen], 看範勢 [Xiamen], 看來 [Quanzhou], 看款 [Quanzhou], 看勢 [Quanzhou], 看來 [Zhangzhou], 看款 [Zhangzhou], 看款式 [Zhangzhou], 看勢 [Zhangzhou], 看勢面 [Zhangzhou], 看範勢 [Zhangzhou], 看上去 [Wu, Shanghai], 不啻 (bùchì) [literary], (ci5) [Cantonese, Classical-Chinese], 似乎 (sìhū), 似如 (si4 y2) [Xiang], (xiàng), 像係 [Hakka], 像系 [Hakka], 像是 (xiàngshì), 儼如 (yǎnrú) [literary], 俨如 (yǎnrú) [literary], 儼然 (yǎnrán), 俨然 (yǎnrán), 儼若 (yǎnruò) [literary], 俨若 (yǎnruò) [literary], 勝如 [Wu], 胜如 (2sen-zr) [Wu], 好似 (hǎosì), 好像 (hǎoxiàng), 如同 (rútóng), 好比 (hǎobǐ), (english: or compounds only) [Classical-Chinese], 宛如 (wǎnrú) [literary], 宛然 (wǎnrán) [literary], 宛若 (wǎnruò) [literary], 就像 (jiùxiàng), 彷彿 (fǎngfú), 仿佛 (fǎngfú), 忽如 (hūrú) [literary], 恍若 (huǎngruò), 敢若 [Hokkien], 敢若是 [Hokkien], 𣍐輸 (bē-su) [Hokkien], 𫧃输 (bē-su) [Hokkien], 有如 (yǒurú) [formal], 猶似 (yóusì) [literary], 犹似 (yóusì) [literary], 猶像 (yóuxiàng) [literary], 犹像 (yóuxiàng) [literary], 猶如 (yóurú) [formal], 犹如 (yóurú) [formal], 甲像 [Hokkien], 甲像是 [Hokkien], 甲親像 [Hokkien], 甲亲像 [Hokkien], 看上去 (kàn shàngqù), 看似 (kànsì), 看樣子 (kànyàngzi), 看样子 (kànyàngzi), 看起來 (kànqilai), 看起来 (kànqilai), (english: or compounds only) [Classical-Chinese], 若像 [Hokkien], 若親像 [Hokkien], 若亲像 [Hokkien], 表面上 (biǎomiànshang), 親像 [Hakka, Hokkien], 亲像 [Hakka, Hokkien], (xiàng), 貌似 (màosì), 賽可 (Ningbonese), 赛可 (Ningbonese), 較像 [Hokkien], 较像 [Hokkien], 較像是 [Hokkien], 较像是 [Hokkien], 較親像 [Hokkien], 较亲像 [Hokkien], 顯得 (xiǎnde), 显得 (xiǎnde)

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      "name": "zh-verb"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "zài wǒ kànlái",
          "word": "在我看來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zài wǒ kànlái",
          "word": "在我看来"
        },
        {
          "word": "從……看來"
        },
        {
          "word": "从……看来"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The air appears to be polluted here.",
          "ref": "這裡空氣看來是被污染了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这里空气看来是被污染了。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhèlǐ kōngqì kànlái shì bèi wūrǎn le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It seems that we really need to reflect on this issue.",
          "ref": "看來這個問題我們確實需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来这个问题我们确实需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái zhè ge wèntí wǒmen quèshí xūyào hǎohǎo fǎnsī yīxià. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.",
          "ref": "看來她應該有五六個月的身子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来她应该有五六个月的身子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seem as if; to appear; to look like"
      ],
      "id": "en-看來-zh-verb-z4jRwqkR",
      "links": [
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "look like",
          "look like"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "看來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "看起來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "看樣子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "看來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "看起來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "看樣子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "睇嚟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "睇起上嚟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "睇嚟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "睇起嚟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "睇起上嚟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看款"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看款式"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看勢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看勢面"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "看範勢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看款"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看勢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看款"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看款式"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看勢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看勢面"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "看範勢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "看上去"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bùchì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "不啻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ci5",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sìhū",
          "word": "似乎"
        },
        {
          "roman": "si4 y2",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "似如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàng",
          "word": "像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "像係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "像系"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàngshì",
          "word": "像是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnrú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "儼如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnrú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "俨如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnrán",
          "word": "儼然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnrán",
          "word": "俨然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnruò",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "儼若"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǎnruò",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "俨若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "勝如"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "胜如 (2sen-zr)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎosì",
          "word": "好似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎoxiàng",
          "word": "好像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rútóng",
          "word": "如同"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎobǐ",
          "word": "好比"
        },
        {
          "english": "or compounds only",
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "宛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎnrú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "宛如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎnrán",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "宛然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎnruò",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "宛若"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùxiàng",
          "word": "就像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fǎngfú",
          "word": "彷彿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fǎngfú",
          "word": "仿佛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hūrú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "忽如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huǎngruò",
          "word": "恍若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "敢若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "敢若是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bē-su",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "𣍐輸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bē-su",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "𫧃输"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǒurú",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "有如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóusì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "猶似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóusì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "犹似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóuxiàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "猶像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóuxiàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "犹像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóurú",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "猶如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóurú",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "犹如"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲像是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲親像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲亲像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kàn shàngqù",
          "word": "看上去"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kànsì",
          "word": "看似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kànyàngzi",
          "word": "看樣子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kànyàngzi",
          "word": "看样子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kànqilai",
          "word": "看起來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kànqilai",
          "word": "看起来"
        },
        {
          "english": "or compounds only",
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "若像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "若親像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "若亲像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "biǎomiànshang",
          "word": "表面上"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "親像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "亲像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàng",
          "word": "象"
        },
        {
          "roman": "màosì",
          "word": "貌似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ningbonese",
          "word": "賽可"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ningbonese",
          "word": "赛可"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "較像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "较像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "較像是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "较像是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "較親像"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "较亲像"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiǎnde",
          "word": "顯得"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiǎnde",
          "word": "显得"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-lòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ loi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-lâi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ--lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlåi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-lai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-lai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.lai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "каньлай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹlaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon lòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-lòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon loiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ loi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarlaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ--lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn--lâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看來"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zài wǒ kànlái",
      "word": "在我看來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zài wǒ kànlái",
      "word": "在我看来"
    },
    {
      "word": "從……看來"
    },
    {
      "word": "从……看来"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "看來",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The air appears to be polluted here.",
          "ref": "這裡空氣看來是被污染了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这里空气看来是被污染了。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhèlǐ kōngqì kànlái shì bèi wūrǎn le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It seems that we really need to reflect on this issue.",
          "ref": "看來這個問題我們確實需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来这个问题我们确实需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái zhè ge wèntí wǒmen quèshí xūyào hǎohǎo fǎnsī yīxià. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.",
          "ref": "看來她應該有五六個月的身子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来她应该有五六个月的身子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seem as if; to appear; to look like"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "look like",
          "look like"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-lòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ loi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-lâi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ--lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànlåi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-lai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-lai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.lai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "каньлай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹlaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon lòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-lòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon loiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ loi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarlaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ--lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn--lâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看起來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "看樣子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "看來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "看起來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "看樣子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "睇嚟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "睇起上嚟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "睇嚟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "睇起嚟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "睇起上嚟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看款"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看款式"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看勢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看勢面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "看範勢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看款"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看勢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看款"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看款式"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看勢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看勢面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "看範勢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "看上去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùchì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "不啻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ci5",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìhū",
      "word": "似乎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "si4 y2",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "似如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "像係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "像系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàngshì",
      "word": "像是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnrú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "儼如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnrú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "俨如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnrán",
      "word": "儼然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnrán",
      "word": "俨然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "儼若"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "俨若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "勝如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "胜如 (2sen-zr)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎosì",
      "word": "好似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎoxiàng",
      "word": "好像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rútóng",
      "word": "如同"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎobǐ",
      "word": "好比"
    },
    {
      "english": "or compounds only",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "宛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnrú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "宛如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "宛然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "宛若"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùxiàng",
      "word": "就像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "word": "彷彿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "word": "仿佛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hūrú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "忽如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huǎngruò",
      "word": "恍若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "敢若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "敢若是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bē-su",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐輸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bē-su",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𫧃输"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒurú",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "有如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóusì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "猶似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóusì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "犹似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuxiàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "猶像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuxiàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "犹像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóurú",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "猶如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóurú",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "犹如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲像是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲親像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲亲像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kàn shàngqù",
      "word": "看上去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kànsì",
      "word": "看似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kànyàngzi",
      "word": "看樣子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kànyàngzi",
      "word": "看样子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kànqilai",
      "word": "看起來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kànqilai",
      "word": "看起来"
    },
    {
      "english": "or compounds only",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若親像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若亲像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biǎomiànshang",
      "word": "表面上"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "親像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "亲像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "象"
    },
    {
      "roman": "màosì",
      "word": "貌似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ningbonese",
      "word": "賽可"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ningbonese",
      "word": "赛可"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "較像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "较像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "較像是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "较像是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "較親像"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "较亲像"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnde",
      "word": "顯得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnde",
      "word": "显得"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看來"
}

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