Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
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ID: QW0001
Elementary
In this, the first of our Qing Wen series, Connie and Amber jump off the lesson comments pages and into your headphones to answer a Chinese language question from a real live ChinesePod learner. She asked: what is the difference between 看(kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qǐlai), anyways? Listen in and you'll be telling all your friends how beautiful they look in no time!
Ken, Amber, Connie
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look
看那里
kàn 看nàlǐ 那里
Look there.
请看这边
qǐng 请kàn 看zhèbiān 这边
Please look here.
看起来
kàn qǐlái 看起来
It looks
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