| 左 |
| 1. left (direction) | |
| 左手 - left hand | |
| 2. east; areas to the east | |
| 江左 - area east of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River | |
| 3. (historical) inferior position | |
| 4. unorthodox; wrong | |
| 5. erroneously; mistakingly | |
| 你 想 左 了。 - You are mistaken. | |
| 6. different; divided; inconsistent | |
| 相左 - to conflict with each other; to fail to agree | |
| 7. (political) left-wing | |
| 8. (chemistry) levo- | |
| 左多巴 - levodopa | |
| 9. (Sichuan, of singing) out of tune; off-key | |
| 10. (Southwestern Mandarin, including, Sichuan) to exchange | |
| 11. (Min Dong) devious, dishonest | |
| 12. (Xiang) wrong; incorrect | |
| 左 宗-棠 - Zuo Zongtang (Qing dynasty Chinese statesman and military leader) | |
| 13. =====Usage notes===== | |
| 14. In socialist nations e.g. mainland China, 左 is usually (not necessarily) put in quotation marks when referring to the leftism further to the correct party line. | |
