看来kàn láiapparently
看来 (kàn lái) means "apparently." It appears in 看来他不来了 (Apparently he isn't coming) and 看来要下雨了 (Apparently it's going to rain). A speaker answers 没有。看来他很忙。 (No. Apparently he's busy.) Later the same speaker says 好,看来只能这样了。 (OK, apparently that's all we can do.)
What does 看来 mean?
- 1.
apparentlyadverb
What do the characters in 看来 mean?
- 看to consider
- 来not compositional here
How do you use 看来?
See it in 看来他不来了 and 看来要下雨了
What are some examples of 看来 in a sentence?
How is 看来 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
他还没来吗?
Tā hái méi lái ma?
Is he still not here?
- Speaker B:
没有。看来他很忙。
Méiyǒu. Kànlái tā hěn máng.
No. Apparently he's busy.
- Speaker A:
那我们走吧。
Nà wǒmen zǒu ba.
Then let's go.
- Speaker B:
好,看来只能这样了。
Hǎo, kànlái zhǐnéng zhèyàng le.
OK, apparently that's all we can do.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.