(kàn shàng qù) - to look, to seem, to appear in Mandarin

kànshàngqù

Traditional: 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líng。

He looks younger than his actual age.

龄líng。

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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This word is part of lesson 19.