Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zuǒ
- Zuǒ
English
- left
- surname Zuo
- left
- left (direction); it is more common to use 左面 (zo2 min6) to state the position of an object
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Cho" or "Chor"
- used after a verb as a perfective aspect marker for completed actions or past events
- east
- the Left (politics)
- political left
- used after an adjective to describe the state of an object which has undergone changes
- unorthodox, improper
- east
- unorthodox
- queer
- wrong
- differing
- opposite
- variant of 佐[zuo3]
粵語
- 左面嘅；修飾名詞嘅時候通常用「左面」，好少用「左」
- 姓
- 放喺動詞之後表示動作完成
- 左翼
- 放喺形容詞之後表示事物變化後嘅狀態
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Words containing 左
- 左右zo2 jau2
left and right
- 左近zo2 gan2
nearby
- 左派zo2 paai3
(political) left
- 左邊zo2 bin1
left
- 左翼zo2 jik6
left-wing (political)
- 左便zo2 bin6
the left hand side
- 左面zo2 min6
left side
- 左輪zo2 leon2
noun; revolver (firearm)
- 左口魚zo2 hau2 jyu2
flounder
- 左撓zo2 jaau1
Left handed
- 左右手zo2 jau6 sau2
left and right hands
- 左手便zo2 sau2 bin6
on the left (spoken)
- 左證zo2 zing3
evidence; witness; to confirm
- 左傾zo2 king1
left-leaning
- 左優zo2 jaau1
left-handed person
- 面左左min6 zo2 zo2
disgruntled; refuse to communicate (spoken)
- 面左左min6 zo2 zo2
disgruntled; refuse to communicate (spoken)
- 鄰左leon4 zo2
neighbor
- 前後左右cin4 hau6 zo2 jau6
Surroundings
- 左膠zo2 gaau1
a contemporary term in the Hong Kong political scene referring to persons who identify as left-wing and advocate for more just and fair wealth redistribution, but often waffle or are unable to put their theories into practice; the term is often used to refer to the left-wing liberals, pan-democrats, and those who support a "peaceful, rational and non-violent" method of protest; the second character can also mean "idiotic," giving way to its pejorative use akin to "libtard"
- 左右為難zo2 jau6 wai4 naan4
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
- 左手zo2 sau2
left hand; left-hand side
- 左舵zo2 to4
left rudder
- 左上zo2 soeng6
upper left