(kàn shàng qù) - to look, to seem, to appear in Mandarin
kànshàngqùTraditional: 看上去
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Translation
to look, to seem, to appear
Word origin
看上去 means to look or appear. 看 (kàn) is to look. 上 (shàng) is up, an indicative graph of a mark above a line. 去 (qù) is to go. The 上去 complement frames how something appears at a glance.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 看 (kàn, to look) + 上 (shàng, up) + 去 (qù, to go)
Stroke order
看
上
去
Examples
。
She looks very tired.
。
This plan looks pretty good.
龄。
He looks younger than his actual age.
龄。
You look younger than you really are.
。
This plan looks feasible.
看上去 (kàn shàng qù) means to look, to seem or to appear.
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