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看来 (kàn lái) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 3

看来 (kàn lái) is a Chinese word: it seems, it appears. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 看来

动 dòng verb

it seems, it appears

看来明天会下雨。

kàn lái míng tiān huì xià yǔ

It seems it will rain tomorrow.

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Word breakdown

看 kàn — to look, to see; contributes the sense of observation or perception

来 lái — to come; functions as a directional complement forming an expression for making inferences

Structure & writing
1 看 kàn — to look at; to watch
Xpinyin

看 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.2 目 mù — eye
目 is a component in 38 characters
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Stroke order

2 来 lái — to come (toward the speaker), opposite of 去
来 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

Stroke order