左右

Pinyin: zuǒyòu

left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant

Example sentence

他左右看了看。

Tā zuǒyòu kàn le kàn.

He looked left and right.

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What 左右 means

左右 (zuǒyòu) is a Chinese word meaning “left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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