Initial:zVideo guide
Final(T3):uǒVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Above left surround
Strokes:
5
Traditional:
左
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.fmlthe left side
请左转弯。
Please turn left.
他坐在我左侧。
He is sitting on my left.
左岸有一棵树。
There is a tree on the left bank.
- 2
n.east
江左
east of the river
山左
areas east of the Taihang Mountains, specifically Shandong Province
synonym
- 3
n.fmlinferior position
中国古代认为右为上,左为下。
In ancient China, the right is up and the left is down.
- 4
adj.heretical; queer
左见
prejudice
左道
heretical belief
左脾气
eccentric or queer temperament
- 5
adj.wrong; incorrect
说左了
have said something inapt
想左了
have misunderstood someone
- 6
v.different; contrary
方向相左
in the opposite direction
- 7
adj.progressive; revolutionary
极左思潮
the ultra-left trend of thought
中左
centre-left
左派
the Left
antonym
- 8
n.Zuo, a surname
Words and phrases with 左
- 左极限[word]left limit
- 左袒[word]take sides with
- 左首[word]left-hand side
- 左右手[word]right-hand man
- 左舵[word]left rudder
- 左旋[word]contra solem
- 左证[word]evidence
- 左侧数[word]left component
- 左撇子[word]left-handed person
- 左右为难[idiom]in a dilemma
- 左邻右舍[idiom]neighbors
- 左膀右臂[idiom]right-hand man
- 左冲右突[idiom]plunge forward on this side, dash in on that
- 左思右想[idiom]think over from different angles
- 左右开弓[idiom]be ambidextrous
- 左右摇摆[idiom]play pendulum
- 左支右绌[idiom]be in straitened circumstances
- 左右逢源[idiom]be able to achieve success one way or another; gain advantage from both sides
Chinese Characters with pinyin zuǒ
- 佐assist; assistant