She looks unhappy.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
看起来
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the fa…
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 看起来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 看起来 appears in 304 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She looked lonely.
It looks as if it is going to rain.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 看起来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 看起来.
Directly before
- 你看起来48
- 他看起来30
- 她看起来24
- 汤姆看起来20
- 我看起来7
Directly after
- 看起来很85
- 看起来像31
- 看起来像是11
- 看起来不8
- 看起来就8
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 看起来
What does 看起来 mean in Chinese?
看起来 (kànqǐlai) means seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the fa….
How do you pronounce 看起来?
看起来 is pronounced kànqǐlai.
Is 看起来 an HSK word?
看起来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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