左 Zuǒ

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Traditional form

左 Zuǒ

Contains the radical

工 gōng

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

A left hand; compare 又 yòu

Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿸？工 gōng

Explanation

Pictograph of a left hand. The 工 gōng (work) component was added later to represent the meaning "help; assist", now written as 佐 zuǒ .

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 左 Zuǒ in different contexts.

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这 zhè 根 gēn 线 xiàn 向 Xiàng 左 Zuǒ 斜 xié 了 le .

The line is slanting to the left.

这 zhè 只 zhǐ 手表 shǒubiǎo 价值 jiàzhí 80元 Yuán 左右 zuǒyòu .

The watch is worth about eighty yuan.

约翰 Yuē hàn 缴付 jiǎo fù 的 de 税款 shuì kuǎn 平均 píngjūn 达到 dádào 他 tā 收入 shōurù 的 de 五分之一 wǔ fēn zhī yī 左右 zuǒyòu .

John's taxes averaged out to about a fifth of his income.

我 wǒ 左右 zuǒyòu 闲 xián 着没事,就 jiù 陪 péi 你 nǐ 走一趟 tāng 吧 bā .

Anyway I'm free now . Let me go with you.

我 wǒ 将 jiāng 在 zài 7:30分 fēn 左右 zuǒyòu 等 děng 着 zhāo 你 nǐ .

I shall await you at seven - thirty or thereabouts.

Explore 17 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 左 Zuǒ in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
左右 zuǒyòu	nearby	左右 zuǒyòu
左 Zuǒ	left	左 Zuǒ
左边 zuǒbian	left	左邊
左手 zuǒ shǒu	left hand	左手 zuǒ shǒu
左侧 zuǒ cè	left side	左側
左撇子 zuǒ piě zi	left-handed	左撇子 zuǒ piě zi
左翼 zuǒ yì	left-wing (political)	左翼 zuǒ yì
左轮手枪 zuǒ lún shǒu qiāng	revolver	左輪手槍
左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu	left and right hands	左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu
左面 zuǒ miàn	left side	左面 zuǒ miàn
左派 zuǒ pài	left wing	左派 zuǒ pài
相左 xiāng zuǒ	to fail to meet each other	相左 xiāng zuǒ
左下 zuǒ xià	lower left	左下 zuǒ xià
左转 zuǒ zhuǎn	to turn left	左轉
左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn	glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around	左顧右盼
左倾 zuǒ qīng	left-leaning	左傾
左传 Zuǒ Zhuàn	Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋 Chūn qiū [Chūnqiū], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 Zuǒ Qiū míng [ZuǒQiūmíng]	左傳