看上去

Character by character

• 看kàn9 strokesHSK 1look, see; examine, scrutinize
• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up
• 去qù5 strokesHSK 1go away, leave, depart

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 看上去. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 上shàngHSK 1

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

• 去qùHSK 1

  to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

• 看kànHSK 1

  to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for

• 看到kàn dàoHSK 1

  to see

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1

  evening; night; in the evening

• 看来kàn laiHSK 4

  apparently; it seems that

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 下去xià qùHSK 3

  to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

• 马上mǎ shàngHSK 1

  at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

• 看见kàn jiànHSK 1

  to see; to catch sight of

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 早上zǎo shangHSK 1

  early morning

• 回去huí quHSK 1

  to return; to go back

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 上班shàng bānHSK 1

  to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 进去jìn qùHSK 1

  to go in

• 路上lù shangHSK 1

  on the road; on a journey; road surface

• 加上jiā shàngHSK 5

  plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

• 好看hǎo kànHSK 1

  good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated