看成

kànchéng

verb HSK 5 #7,191

Meanings

To look at something as becoming — to regard as.

他把她看成自己的亲人。

Tā bǎ tā kànchéng zìjǐ de qīnrén.

He regards her as his own family.

不要把困难看成障碍。

Búyào bǎ kùnnan kànchéng zhàng'ài.

Don't regard difficulties as obstacles.

大家都把他看成英雄。

Dàjiā dōu bǎ tā kànchéng yīngxióng.

Everyone regards him as a hero.

我把你看成最好的朋友。

Wǒ bǎ nǐ kànchéng zuìhǎo de péngyou.

I regard you as my best friend.

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