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HSK 4
左
zuǒ
1.
left
2.
the Left (politics)
3.
east
4.
unorthodox
5.
queer
6.
wrong
7.
differing
8.
opposite
9.
variant of [[佐<zuǒ>]]
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 5 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
崇左
Chóngzuǒ
Chongzuo prefecture level city in Guangxi
左上
zuǒshàng
upper left
左下
zuǒxià
lower left
左侧
zuǒcè
left side
左传
ZuǒZhuàn
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on [[春秋<Chūnqiū>]], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming [[左丘明<ZuǒQiūmíng>]]
左倾
zuǒqīng
left-leaning
左券
zuǒquàn
a sure thing
左右
zuǒyòu
left and right
左岸
Zuǒàn
Left Bank (in Paris)
左思
ZuǒSī
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
左手
zuǒshǒu
left hand
左拉
Zuǒlā
Zola (name)
左权
Zuǒquán
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong [[晉中|晋中<Jìnzhōng>]], Shanxi
左派
zuǒpài
(political) left
左营
Zuǒyíng
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city [[高雄市<Gāoxióngshì>]], south Taiwan
左翼
zuǒyì
left-wing (political)
左联
ZuǒLián
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
左舵
zuǒduò
left rudder
左舷
zuǒxián
port (side of a ship)
左袒
zuǒtǎn
to take sides with
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 781
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,187 of 84,292