左边

左边 zuǒbiān in a sentence

Left side

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 4 sentences

左边 (zuǒbiān) means Left side. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

教室在 左边

Jiàoshì zài zuǒbian.

The classroom is on the left.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 左边

他坐在我的 左边

Tā zuò zài wǒ de zuǒbian.

He is sitting on my left.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 左边

男的在 左边 ,女的在右边。

Nán de zài zuǒbian, nǚ de zài yòubian.

The men are on the left, the women on the right.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

左边 的是她大学最好的朋友,右边的两个是同班同学。

zuǒbiān de / dì shì tā dàxué zuìhǎo de / dì péngyou, yòubiān de / dì liǎng gè shì tóng bān tóngxué.

The one on the left was her best friend at university; the two on the right were classmates.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

Questions about 左边

How is 左边 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 左边 (zuǒbiān, "Left side"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 左边 an HSK word?

Yes — 左边 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 左边?

The dictionary page for 左边 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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