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
• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
• 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)

 

Derived terms

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