看起来 — “looks …”, “seems …”
Pattern: S + 看起来 + …
看起来 (or 看上去) is a guess from how things look: 他看起来很累 “he looks tired”, 这个菜看起来很好吃 “this dish looks tasty”.
Examples
| 1 | 他看起来很累。 tā kànqǐlai hěn lèi He looks tired. |
| 2 | 这个菜看起来很好吃。 zhège cài kànqǐlai hěn hǎochī This dish looks tasty. |
| 3 | 看起来要下雨了。 kànqǐlai yào xiàyǔ le It looks like it’s going to rain. |
Explanations and examples by Zitou. Pinyin added automatically and checked.