# 看起來
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kànqilai
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ˙ㄌㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^3$ hei$^2$ loi$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kon$^4$ hi$^3$ loi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-khí-lâi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kànqilai
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ˙ㄌㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kànci̊låi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^4$-chʻi$^5$-lai$^5$
*** Yale: kàn-chi-lai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.chi.lai
*** Palladius: каньцилай (kanʹcilaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹ laɪ̯¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^3$ hei$^2$ loi$^4$
*** Yale: hon héi lòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^3$ hei$^2$ loi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^3$ héi$^2$ loi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn³³ hei̯³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kon$^4$ hi$^3$ loi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi³¹ loɪ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khí-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: khuànn-khí-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarqylaai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³/

### Verb

看起來
* to seem; to look as if
       Nǐ kànqilai hěn jǔsàng, zěnme le? [Pinyin]
       You look depressed, what's up?
       Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
       His father looks like a sprightly old man.
* to look and perceive
** 2011 December 5, letoh, “Forth 是個巧門，也是偏見，想「書同文」，得換一個套路！燾昍”, in 符式協會‎ (Usenet):
       Guānyú forth model gēn lisp model de gòngtōngxìng […] dāngrán yīnwèi […] dàn jiù yùnzuò shàng láishuō, wǒ kàn qǐlái jiù shì yīyàng de móxíng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2013 August 7, 边伟, “转：《生命的重建”, in 春光花园‎ (Usenet):
       Yīnwèi nǐ kàn qǐlái jiānnán de, zài tāmen kàn qǐlái yěxǔ hěn jiǎndān. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2023 April 6, 曾泓雲, “[HW2] Resolver forward給192.168.254.3有error”, in NYCU NASA 課程討論區‎ (Usenet):
       Wǒ kàn qǐlái nǐ hǎoxiàng méiyǒu shízuò dìhuí cháxún? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* (to seem):
    edit不啻 (bùchì) (literary)似 (ci$^5$) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)似乎 (sìhū)似如 (si$^4$ y$^2$) (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 ($^5$sen-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)看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看來, 看起來, 看樣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 看來, 看起來, 看樣子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇嚟, 睇起上嚟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 睇嚟, 睇起嚟, 睇起上嚟, 睇落, 望落 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 看來, 看款, 看勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 睇著, 睇款 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看上去 |