Appearance with "kanqilai"

One of the most common ways to express "it looks like" is to use 看起来.

Structure

Just put 看起来 in front of after the subject and before the verb, as follows:

Subject + 看起来 + Adjective

The subject can be omitted, in which case 看起来 can be followed with a whole statement.

Examples

• 这 个 看 起来 很 漂亮。
• 他 看 起来 很 友好。
• 这 些 食物 看 起来 很 好吃。

See also

• Result complement "-qilai"
• "It seems" with "haoxiang"
• Further Uses of Resultative Complement "qilai"

Sources and further reading

Websites

• Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)