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HSK 3 · Clear & Obvious

看上去

kàn shang qu

to look; it seems

Stroke order of 看上去

3 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

看 · 9 strokes上 · 3 strokes去 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

A hand over the eye (看) looking up (上) and going (去) outward: it appears.

Parts: 看 look; 上 up; 去 go

The characters in 看上去

  • 看 kàn — to look; to watch; to read (9 strokes)
  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)
  • 去 qù — to go (5 strokes)

Example sentence

这个苹果看上去很好吃。

This apple looks delicious.

Words with 看

看病to see a doctor好看good-looking看to look; to watch; to read看见to see看到to see看法view; opinion难看ugly观看to watch收看to watch (TV)看起来to look; it seems

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)早上early morning晚上evening楼上upstairs上学to go to school上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time

Words with 去

去年last year去to go出去to go out进去to go in回去to go back过去the past; to go over上去to go up下去to go down; to go on去世to pass away失去to lose

More words: Clear & Obvious

明确clear; to clarify明显obvious显然obviously显得to appear; to seem看起来to look; it seems表面surface表明to show; to make clear具体specific; concrete简单simple复杂complicated容易easy; likely困难difficulty; difficult难度degree of difficulty麻烦trouble; troublesome; to bother

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