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How to write 看起来看起来

kàn qǐ lai

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

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kān

to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard

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qǐ

to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

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lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)

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Example

她看起来很年轻。

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看起来

Words related to 看起来

对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of看kānto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard看到kàn dàoto see起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group出来chū láito come out; to appear; to arise回来huí laito return; to come back来到lái dàoto arrive; to come进来jìn láito come in好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated看病kàn bìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient