# 看來
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kànlái
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^3$ loi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khon-lòi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kon$^4$ loi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-lâi / khòaⁿ--lâi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kànlái → kànlai (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kànlåi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^4$-lai$^5$
*** Yale: kàn-lai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.lai
*** Palladius: каньлай (kanʹlaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /kʰän⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^3$ loi$^4$
*** Yale: hon lòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^3$ loi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^3$ loi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-lòi
*** Hakka Romanization System: kon loi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kon$^4$ loi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kon$^4$ loi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: khuànn-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarlaai
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ--lâi
*** Tâi-lô: khuànn--lâi

### Verb

看來
* to seem as if; to appear; to look like
       Zhèlǐ kōngqì kànlái shì bèi wūrǎn le. [Pinyin]
       The air appears to be polluted here.
       Kànlái zhè ge wèntí wǒmen quèshí xūyào hǎohǎo fǎnsī yīxià. [Pinyin]
       It seems that we really need to reflect on this issue.
       Kànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]
       It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.

#### Synonyms

* 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)
| 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 在我看來／在我看来 (zài wǒ kànlái)
* 從……看來／从……看来