It seems in Chinese
it seems · HSK 3
看来
- 看 to look at
- 来 to come
天这么黑，看来要下雨了。 It's so dark, it looks like it's going to rain.
Other ways to say it seems
More words with 看 or 来
How do you say it seems in Chinese?
It seems in Chinese is 看来 (kàn lái). You can also say 似乎 (sì hū).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.