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左

zuǒ

Novice Level 1* ★ Core word

左 (zuǒ) is a Chinese word meaning “left”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. surname Zuo
  2. left
  3. the Left (politics)
  4. east
  5. unorthodox
  6. queer
  7. wrong
  8. differing
  9. opposite
  10. variant of 佐

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Example

往左走，好嗎？

Go left, okay?

Related words at this level

自己走路最嘴巴

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).