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看起来

kàn qǐ lai

HSK 3 · word 1645 of 3,000

Meaning

• seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be

Example sentence

Characters in 看起来

• 看 kàn to see; to look at
• 起 qǐ to rise
• 来 lái to come

看 to look plus 起来, which after a verb marks how something seems when you try it. 听起来 and 吃起来 work the same way.

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