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Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
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IN THIS LESSON
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!
Sun Jun 10 2007 | Ken, Amber, Connie
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看
k
look
看那里。
kàn nàlǐ 。
Look there.
请看这边。
qǐng kàn zhèbiān 。
Please look here.
看起来
kàn qǐlái
It looks
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