看成

kànchéng

verb HSK 5 #7,191

Meanings

To look at something as becoming - to regard as.

HSK 3

他把她看成自己的亲人。

Tā bǎ tā kànchéng zìjǐ de qīnrén.

He regards her as his own family.

HSK 6

不要把困难看成障碍。

Búyào bǎ kùnnan kànchéng zhàng'ài.

Don't regard difficulties as obstacles.

HSK 6

大家都把他看成英雄。

Dàjiā dōu bǎ tā kànchéng yīngxióng.

Everyone regards him as a hero.

grammar

看成 almost always uses the 把 structure: 把 A 看成 B (regard A as B). Without 把: 我看成了另一个人 = 'I mistook someone for another person.'

usage

看作 (kànzuò) is a synonym. 当成 (dāngchéng) also means 'to regard as' but is more colloquial.

看 kàn

成 chéng