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左右 zuǒyòu

左右 zuǒyòu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 左右 zuǒyòu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zuǒyòu | zuo3 you4
English translation
left and right
approximately
attendant
to control
to influence

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HSK level

4

Traditional form

左右 zuǒyòu

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí
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Etymology of 左右 zuǒyòu

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左 Zuǒ

Type

pictographic

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 .

Positional decomposition

⿸？工 gōng

Number of Strokes

5
右 yòu

Explanation

Pictograph of a right hand. The 口 kǒu (mouth) component was added later to distinguish the character from 又 yòu .

Positional decomposition

⿸？口 kǒu

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 左右 zuǒyòu

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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.

我们 wǒmen 村 cūn 连老带 dài 小 xiǎo 共 gòng 200人 rén 左右 zuǒyòu .

There are altogether some 200 people in our village, including the old people and children.

左右 zuǒyòu Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 左右 zuǒyòu and their own compounds.

左右 zuǒyòu Compounds

See all 49 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 左右 zuǒyòu in their composition.

  • 左 Zuǒ
    • 惰 duò
      • 墯
    • 隋 suí
      • 撱 tuǒ , 隳 huī , 墮 duò , 嫷, 憜, 橢 tuǒ
    • 遀 suí
      • 隨 suí
        • 瀡 suǐ , 瓍
      • 髓 suǐ , 膸
    • 佐 zuǒ , 咗 zuǒ , 媠 tuǒ , 堶, 楕, 袏, 鬌, 鰖
  • 右 yòu
    • 若 ruò
      • 匿 nì
      • 诺 nuò , 惹 rě , 偌 ruò , 喏 nuò , 諾 nuò , 锘 nuò , 箬 ruò , 婼 chuò , 蠚 hē , 鄀 ruò , 掿, 楉, 渃, 睰, 蹃, 逽, 鍩, 鰙
    • 毚 chán
      • 儳 chàn , 劖 chán , 嚵 chán , 攙 chān
    • 佑 yòu , 祐 yòu , 醢 hǎi , 橐 tuó , 槗
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