看似 meaning in English

kànsì

to look as if; to seem

HSK 7-9verb15 strokes

Meaning of 看似

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kànsì
  1. to look as if; to seem

看似 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā看kàn似shì不bù同tóng意yì。
She doesn't seem to agree.
汤tāng姆mǔ看kàn似shì有yǒu兴xìng趣qù。
It looks like Tom is interested.
那nà看kàn似shì一yī文wén不bù值zhí。
It seems worthless.
你nǐ看kàn似shì对duì这zhè世shì间jiān已yǐ了liǎo无wú牵qiān挂guà。
You look as if you don't have a care in the world.

Stroke order for each character

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看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes

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似 shì · resembling · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 看似.

看到kàndàoto see
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
看上去kàn shàngqùit would appear; it seems (that)
类似lèisìsimilar; analogous
相似xiāngsìsimilar; alike
观看guānkànto watch; to view
收看shōukànto watch (a TV program)

Questions about 看似

What does 看似 mean?

看似 (kànsì) means "to look as if; to seem" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 看似?

看似 is made of 2 characters: 看 (9 strokes), 似 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 看似 an HSK word?

Yes. 看似 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.