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左边

zuǒ bian

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 左邊

左边 (zuǒ bian) means "left". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 左边 means

1. left
2. the left side
3. to the left of

The characters in 左边

• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 边biānside; edge; margin

Example sentences

• 走左边的道路。
  Take the road on the left.
• 你家的左边是什么？
  What is to the left of your house?
• 我的学校在我家左边。
  Wǒ de xuéxiào zài wǒ jiā zuǒbian.
  My school is to the left of my house.
• 左边的车门将会打开。
  Zuǒbian de chēmén jiānghuì dǎkāi.
  The doors on the left side will open.
• 我的房间在楼上的左边。
  Wǒ de fángjiān zài lóushàng de zuǒbian.
  My room is upstairs on the left.
• 在左边有一条秘密通道。
  Zài zuǒbian yǒu yī tiáo mìmì tōngdào.
  There's a secret path on the left.

Words starting with 左边

• 左边儿zuǒ bian rerhua variant of 左边

Where 左边 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Directions and Position (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuǒ bian correctly.
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