左
zuǒ
HSK level: HSK 2
Meaning
left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
Other reading: Zuǒ
surname Zuo
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Characters
Examples
我的左眼皮在跳。
Wǒ de zuǒ yǎn pí zài tiào.
My left eyelid is twitching.
请把桌子向左移。
Qǐng bǎ zhuō zi xiàng zuǒ yí.
Please move the desk to the left.
他自己撞坏了左臂。
Tā zì jǐ zhuàng huài le zuǒ bì.
He broke his left arm.
Words with this character
左右 zuǒ yòu left and right左边 zuǒ bian left左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right左转 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander崇左 Chóng zuǒ see 崇左市 Chóng zuǒ Shì左联 Zuǒ Lián the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930左思 Zuǒ Sī Zuo Si, Jin dynasty writer and poet左传 Zuǒ Zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋 Chūn qiū, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 Zuǒ Qiū míng左岸 Zuǒ àn Left Bank左贡 Zuǒ gòng see 左贡县 Zuǒ gòng Xiàn左拉 Zuǒ lā Zola左权 Zuǒ quán see 左权县 Zuǒ quán Xiàn左营 Zuǒ yíng Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 Gāo xióng shì, south Taiwan左云 Zuǒ yún see 左云县 Zuǒ yún Xiàn白左 bái zuǒ naive, self-righteous Western liberals or progressives邻左 lín zuǒ neighbor相左 xiāng zuǒ to fail to meet each other左侧 zuǒ cè left side左舵 zuǒ duò left rudder左近 zuǒ jìn nearby左面 zuǒ miàn left side