AdverbsHSK 5
Assessing situations with 看来
看来 is placed at the beginning of a sentence to express an assessment or judgment based on apparent evidence, meaning 'it seems that…'. Use it when you want to comment on a situation you are inferring from what you see or know. Note that 看来 can also follow a time word like 现在 to mean 'now it looks like…'.
Structure
看来 + [Observation/Assessment]
Examples
- 看来他不来了，都这么晚了。Kànlái tā bù lái le, dōu zhème wǎn le.It seems he's not coming. It's already so late.
- 看来你玩得不高兴，怎么这么早就回来了？Kànlái nǐ wán de bù gāoxìng, zěnme zhème zǎo jiù huílái le?It seems you didn't have a good time. Why did you come back so early?
- 看来我们来晚了，排的队这么长。Kànlái wǒmen lái wǎn le, pái de duì zhème cháng.It seems we are late. The line is so long.
- 看来今年失业率会增加，因为今年的经济不太好。Kànlái jīnnián shīyè lǜ huì zēngjiā, yīnwèi jīnnián de jīngjì bù tài hǎo.It seems that the unemployment rate will increase this year because this year's economy is not very good.
- 现在看来，事情没那么糟。Xiànzài kànlái , shìqing méi nàme zāo.Now it looks like things aren't that bad.