Chinese

看上去

/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
to seem as if; to appear
  • HSK 3

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  • characterChinese看 “to look; to see; to watch”
    • ideaChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  • characterChinese上 “upper part; high position; up”
  • characterChinese去 “to leave; to depart from”
    • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese𠙴

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