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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 左右

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
左右 zuǒ yòu - left and right
- nearby
- approximately
- attendant
- to control
- to influence

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 3 2,179 526 1,225

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuǒ- surname Zuo
zuǒ- left
- the Left (politics)
- east
- unorthodox
- queer
- wrong
- differing
- opposite
- variant of 佐[zuo3]
yòu- (bound form) right; right-hand side
- (bound form) (politics) right of center
- (bound form) (old) west
- (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

Other Words Containing 左右

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
左右 6 3 2,179 526 1,225
左右手 - - 18,838 43,212 30,204
左右为难 - - 20,419 34,291 29,262
左右开弓 - - 38,057 67,489 57,118
左右逢源 - - 48,565 50,115 34,468