HSK C1/W2/V1
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左

/ zuǒ / 
Strokes

Definition

left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuǒ]

Example

As a Noun

the left side; the left

1
Zài
在
xià
下
yī
一
gè
个
guǎijiǎochǔ
拐角处
xiàng
向
zuǒ
左
guǎi
拐
  
。

Take the next turning on/to your left.

2
Kào
靠
zuǒ
左
háng
行
  
!

Keep to the left.

3
Zuǒ
左
zhuǎnwān
转弯

turn to the left; turn left

4
Zuǒshàngfāng
左上方

the upper left

5
Zuǒ
左
qǐ
起
dìsān
第三
gè
个

the third from the left

6
Zuǒěr
左耳
jìn
进
yòuěr
右耳
chū
出

go in one ear and out the other

As a Noun

(in geography) east

7
Shānzuǒ
山左

areas east of the Taihang Mountains, specifically Shandong Province

8
Jiāngzuǒ
江左

east of the river

As a Noun

inferior position

As an Adjective

queer; unorthodox; heretical

As an Adjective

wrong; incorrect

As an Adjective

different; contrary; opposite

As a Noun

neighbour; what is nearby

As an Adjective

progressive; revolutionary