看上去

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to go up
simp. and trad. (看上去)		看	上去

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàn shàngqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ soeng⁵ heoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàn shàngqù → kàn shàngqu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄩˋ → ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄑㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàn shàngcyů
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴ shang⁴-chʻü⁵
    • Yale: kàn shàng-chyu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann shanq.chiuh
    • Palladius: кань шанцюй (kanʹ šancjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/ → /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ soeng⁵ heoi³
    • Yale: hon séuhng heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ soeng⁵ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ sêng⁵ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ sœːŋ¹³ hɵy̯³³/

Verb

看上去

1. to seem as if; to appear

   這建築看上去有些年頭了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这建筑看上去有些年头了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiànzhù kàn shàngqù yǒuxiē niántóu le. [Pinyin]

   This building looks old.

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)