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Look in Chinese

look · HSK 4

样子 yàng zi

  1. 样 yàng appearance
  2. 子 zǐ son

Counted with 个: 一个样子 yí gè yàngzi

这件衣服的样子很好看。 This piece of clothing looks very nice.

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How do you say look in Chinese?

Look in Chinese is 样子 (yàng zi). You can also say 目光 (mù guāng), 外观 (wài guān), 显得 (xiǎn de), 望 (wàng).

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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