看似

kànsì

adverb HSK 7-9 #10,689

Meanings

Looking as if it resembles - seemingly, apparently.

HSK 3

这个问题看似简单，其实很复杂。

Zhège wèntí kànsì jiǎndān, qíshí hěn fùzá.

This problem seems simple but is actually very complicated.

HSK 4

他看似平静，心里却很紧张。

Tā kànsì píngjìng, xīnlǐ què hěn jǐnzhāng.

He seems calm on the surface, but he's actually very nervous inside.

grammar

看似 is typically followed by a contrast with 其实, 实际上, or 却 - the pattern is '看似A，其实B' (seems like A, but actually B).

看 kàn

似 sì