VocabularyHSK 3 · core

左

zuǒ

left

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. 向左走。
    Go left.
  2. 左手。
    Left hand.

Collocations

向左左手左边

Mnemonic

左 zuǒ "left" — antonym 右 yòu. Pictograph: 一 + 工 (tool); originally "the assisting hand holding a tool". Cognate of Japanese 左 hidari/sa.

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