看來

See also: 看来

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 come
trad. (看來)		看	來
simp. (看来)		看	来
anagram		來看／来看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ loi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khon-lòi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ loi²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-lâi / khòaⁿ--lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànlái → kànlai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànlåi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-lai⁵
    • Yale: kàn-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.lai
    • Palladius: каньлай (kanʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ loi⁴
    • Yale: hon lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarlaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ--lâi
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn--lâi

Verb

看來

1. to seem as if; to appear; to look like

   這裡空氣看來是被污染了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里空气看来是被污染了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ kōngqì kànlái shì bèi wūrǎn le. [Pinyin]

   The air appears to be polluted here.

   看來這個問題我們確實需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   看来这个问题我们确实需要好好反思一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kànlái zhè ge wèntí wǒmen quèshí xūyào hǎohǎo fǎnsī yīxià. [Pinyin]

   It seems that we really need to reflect on this issue.

   看來她應該有五六個月的身子了。 [MSC, trad.]
   看来她应该有五六个月的身子了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]

   It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.

Synonyms

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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)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 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

Derived terms

• 在我看來／在我看来 (zài wǒ kànlái)
• 從……看來／从……看来