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左手

zuǒ shǒu · zuo shou

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Meaning

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  1. left hand; left-hand side
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Left hand, right hand

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)打(dǎ)乒乓球(pīngpāngqiú)用(yòng)左手(zuǒshǒu)还是(háishi)右手(yòushǒu)？

    Liangliang, do you play table tennis with your left or right hand?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)平时(píngshí)用(yòng)右手(yòushǒu)，今天(jīntiān)右手(yòushǒu)累(lèi)了(le)，换(huàn)左手(zuǒshǒu)。

    Usually the right. Today it is tired, so I switch to my left.

  3. Dengdeng

    左手(zuǒshǒu)能(néng)打(dǎ)好(hǎo)吗(ma)？

    Can your left hand play well?

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)！啊(a)，球(qiú)掉(diào)了(le)。

    Watch! Oh, the ball fell.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)左手(zuǒshǒu)和(hé)右手(yòushǒu)，好像(hǎoxiàng)是(shì)两个(liǎnggè)人(rén)。

    Your left hand and right hand seem like two different people.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)的(de)左(zuǒ)手(shǒu)被(bèi)烫(tàng)到(dào)了(le)。

She burned her left hand.

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02

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)左(zuǒ)手(shǒu)放(fàng)在(zài)桌(zhuō)面(miàn)上(shàng)。

Please put your left hand on the tabletop.

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