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看来

kàn lai · kan lai

Traditional 看來

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. apparently
  2. it seems that
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The shop with the closed door

  1. Dengdeng

    门(mén)关着(guānzhe)，灯(dēng)也(yě)关(guān)了(le)。看来(kànlai)今天(jīntiān)不(bù)开门(kāimén)。

    The door is closed and the lights are off. It seems they're not open today.

  2. Liangliang

    看来(kànlai)我们(wǒmen)白来(báilái)了(le)。

    Looks like we came for nothing.

  3. Dengdeng

    看来(kànlai)要(yào)换(huàn)一家(yījiā)。

    Looks like we need another place.

  4. Liangliang

    等一下(děngyīxià)，门(mén)上(shàng)有(yǒu)一张(yīzhāng)纸(zhǐ)。

    Wait, there's a note on the door.

  5. Dengdeng

    上面(shàngmiàn)写着(xiězhe)：我(wǒ)去(qù)吃(chī)早饭(zǎofàn)，十点(shídiǎn)回来(huílai)。

    It says: I went to eat breakfast, back at ten.

  6. Liangliang

    看来(kànlai)老板(lǎobǎn)比(bǐ)我们(wǒmen)更(gèng)饿(è)。

    Looks like the owner is hungrier than us.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

看(kàn)来(lái)今(jīn)天(tiān)会(huì)是(shì)漫(màn)长(cháng)的(de)一(yì)天(tiān)啊(a)。

It looks like today will be a long day.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

天(tiān)这(zhè)么(me)黑(hēi)，看(kàn)来(lái)要(yào)下(xià)雨(yǔ)了(le)。

The sky is so dark; it looks like it's going to rain.

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