来看

láikàn

Traditional: 来看

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Translation

to come and see, to look at, judging by

Word origin

A compound of 来 (lái, to come) and 看 (kàn, to look), giving the sense of coming to see something or, figuratively, judging a matter from a given angle.

Origin
compound
Root
来 (lái, to come) + 看 (kàn, to look)

Stroke order

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Examples

Come and have a look at this.

My friends came to see me.

Judging by the result, he succeeded.

I will come and see you tomorrow.

On the whole, the situation is not bad.

来看 (lái kàn) means to come and see, to look at, judging by. It is a verb phrase for visiting and for framing a point of view.

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