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左手

zuǒ shǒu

2-character word

What 左手 means

1. left hand; left-hand side

The characters in 左手

• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 举起左手。
  Raise up your left hand.
• 她用左手写字。
  She writes with her left hand.
• 我的左手麻了。
  My left hand fell asleep.
• 他伤害了他的左手。
  Tā shānghài le tā de zuǒshǒu.
  He hurt his left hand.
• 她的左手被烫到了。
  Tā de zuǒshǒu bèi tàng dào le.
  She burned her left hand.
• 我尝试用左手写字。
  I tried writing with my left hand.

Sounds the same

Read zuǒ shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 左首left-hand side