看樣子

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	appearance; shape; air appearance; shape; air; manner
trad. (看樣子)		看	樣子
simp. (看样子)		看	样子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànyàngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ joeng⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànyàngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànyàngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-yang⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kàn-yàng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannyanq.tzy
    • Palladius: каньянцзы (kanʹjanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ joeng⁶ zi²
    • Yale: hon yeuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ joeng⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ yêng⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jœːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

看樣子

1. to seem as if; to appear

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)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 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)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 看來 (“to look like; to seem like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Mandarin	Taiwan	看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇嚟, 睇起上嚟
	Hong Kong	睇嚟, 睇起嚟, 睇起上嚟
Southern Min	Xiamen	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
	Quanzhou	看來, 看款, 看勢
	Zhangzhou	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
Wu	Shanghai	看上去