zuǒ
左
left; unorthodox, improper
HSK 3.0 · 1
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Words with 左
左边 zuǒ bian
left; the left side
HSK 1
左右 zuǒ yòu
left and right; nearby
HSK 3
左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn
glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
HSK 7–9
Examples from your lessons
- 我的房间在左边，哥哥的在右边。 My room is on the left; my brother's is on the right. Lesson 17
- 进门，左边是床，右边是桌子。 When you come in, the bed is on the left and the desk on the right. 我的房间
- 我们班在二楼，左边是老师的房间。 Our class is on the second floor; on the left is the teachers' room. 我的学校
- B：不是右边，是左边。 B: Not the right — the left. 请问，在哪里？
- 我的房间很干净，床在门的左边。 My room is clean. The bed is to the left of the door. 我的新家
Character facts
- Radical
- 工 labor, work; laborer, worker
- Structure
- Surround from upper left
- Unicode
- U+5DE6
Pictographic: A left hand; compare 又