# 左手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuǒshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zo$^2$ sau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): do$^2$ siu$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'zo$^3$ siu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chó-sú
    (Hailu, HRS): zo$^ˊ$ shiu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zo$^3$ su$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ze$^2$ sou$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cō̤-chiū
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó-chhiú / chó͘-chhiú
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsu-seu; $^5$ci-seu
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): zo$^3$ xiu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒshǒu [Phonetic: zuóshǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^3$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: dzwǒ-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuooshoou
*** Palladius: цзошоу (czošou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$左手 左首
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zo$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: jó sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzo$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zo$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$左手 左首
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: do$^2$ siu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tᵘɔ⁵⁵ siu⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'zo$^3$ siu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡so²¹³⁻²⁴ sɨu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-sú
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo$^ˋ$ su$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zo$^3$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ su³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo$^ˊ$ shiu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so²⁴⁻³³ ʃiu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zo$^3$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ su³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ze$^2$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɤ⁵³⁻¹¹ səu⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cō̤-chiū
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tsó-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoychiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tsóo-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zofchiuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsu-seu; $^5$ci-seu
*** MiniDict: tsu$^去$ seu; ci$^去$ seu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsu-seu; $^2$ji-seu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ sɤ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕi³³ sɤ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: zo$^3$ xiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so³³ ɕi̯u³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsaX syuwX
Rime :
| Character | 左 | 手 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 臧可切 | 書九切 |
| Baxter | tsaX | syuwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕɨu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕiu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕiəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sa$^X$/ | /ɕuw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕiu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕĭəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sɑ$^X$/ | /ɕi̯ə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zuǒ | shǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zo$^2$ | sau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤa[j]ʔ n̥uʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːlʔ hnjɯwʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 左 | 手 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zuǒ | shǒu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsa$^X$ › | ‹ syuw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tsˁa[j]ʔ/ | /*n̥uʔ/ |
| English | left (side) | hand |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 左 | 手 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 18004 | 11665 |
| Phonetic component | 左 | 手 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 左 | 首 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsaːlʔ/ | /*hnjɯwʔ/ |

### Noun

左手
* (anatomy) left hand
* Alternative form of 左首 (zuǒshǒu, “left-hand side; left side”)
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka) left-hander

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 左手 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 左手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 左手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 左手, 反手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 左手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 左手, 倒手, 反手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 反手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 左手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 左手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 左手 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 左手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 左手 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 背手 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 左手 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 左手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 倒手 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 左手 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 左手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 左手, 反手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 左手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 左手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 反手, 小手, 左手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 小邊手, 掏碗手, 倒手, 倒邊手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 倒邊手 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒手, 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒手, 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 左爿手 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇手, 葵手 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 戇手, 戇邊手, 戇排手, 左邊手, 左排手 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 葵手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戇手, 倒手 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 倒手, 倒爿手 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 倒手, 倒爿手 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 左手, 背手 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 左手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 左手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 左手, 濟手 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 濟手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 濟手, 左手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 濟手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 借手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 借手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 左手, 反手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 借手 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 左手, 左手子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 左手 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 左手 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 左 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 左邊, 左手邊, 左首, 左側, 左面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 左邊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 左邊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 左邊兒拉, 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 左邊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 左邊兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 左邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 左邊兒, 左面兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 左挨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 左岸兒, 左邊兒, 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 左首, 左面, 左面兒, 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 左邊, 左邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 左邊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 左面手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 左邊兒, 左傍個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 左邊, 左手邊, 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 左邊, 左手, 倒手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 左邊, 左手邊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 左邊手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 左邊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 左首, 左邊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 左便, 左手便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 左便, 左手便, 左邊, 左手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 左手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 左便, 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 左便, 左手便, 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 左便 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 左邊, 左首 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 左邊, 左首 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 左邊, 左手邊, 左手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 左片, 左手析 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 倒手裡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 左手析 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 左邊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 左半切 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 左半兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 左邊, 反手, 反介, 左介, 反手一介塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 小邊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 倒面 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 倒面, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 倒面 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒手爿, 左爿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 左爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 倒手爿, 倒手片, 左爿, 左片 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 左爿, 左邊手, 左爿手, 左邊身, 左爿身 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 倒爿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 倒爿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 左便 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 左面, 左邊, 左半爿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 濟手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 左面, 濟面 |
| Wu | Danyang | 濟邊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 左邊, 借手邊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 借手半邊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 左手面, 左面 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 借手面, 借面手, 左面, 左面手 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 小手邊爿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 左邊 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 左手邊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 左邊 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 左撇子, 左撇裂子, 左撇裂, 左不擓, 左擓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 左撇裂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 左撇子, 左撇攋子, 左撇攋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 左撇子, 左撇兒, 左撇攋子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 左撇子, 左撇攋子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 左撇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 左撇攋子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 左撇攋子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 左撇子, 左撇兒, 左撇攋子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 左撇子, 左撇兒, 左撇拉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 左撇子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 左不裂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 左撇子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 左股撇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 左撇子, 左撇裂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 左撇裂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 左撇子, 左膊拉拐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 左撇子, 左巴拉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 左撇攋子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 左撇子, 左撇攋子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 左撇攋子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 左撇子, 左撇攋子, 左巴攋子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 左撇子, 左巴攋子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 左裂瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 左撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 左撇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 左撇兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 左逮兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 左撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 左撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 左撇兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 左撇子, 反把式 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 左撇子, 反反手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 左瓜呆, 左瓜呆兒, 左撇子, 左拐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 左撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 左撇子, 左撇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 左撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 左巴郎, 左卡拉, 左卡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 左撇子, 左不拉子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 左撇子, 左不拉子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 左開開 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 左開開 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 左撇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 左撇子, 左掛子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 左撇子, 左拐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 左撇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 左撇子, 左拐子, 左拐拐, 左垮垮, 左刮刮, 左刮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 左拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 左撇子, 左撇撇, 左瓜拉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 左撇子, 左瓜得兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 左拐子, 左瓜瓜, 左垮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 左撇子, 左坯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 左撇子, 反撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 左寡寡, 左瓜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 左瓜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 左瓜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 左瓜瓜, 左垮垮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 左撇兒, 左拉撇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 左撇, 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 左拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 左拐子, 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 左拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 左撇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 左撇佬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 左拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 左瓜子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 左撇, 左娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 左撇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 左撇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 左撇子, 左撇拉子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 季別子, 季手別子, 左別子, 左撇子, 借撇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 左撇子, 左撇溜子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 左撇子, 左撇溜子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 左手拐兒, 左手拐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 反手拐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 左撇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 左撇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 左撇子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 左㕭, 左㕭仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 左㕭, 左㕭仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 左手仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 左手仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 左手拐 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 左㕭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 使左手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 左手仔, 左爺 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 左瘸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 左瘸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 左手佬 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 左手拐 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 左手跛 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 使跛手 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 左手兒 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 老跛 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 左手拐 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 左手跛 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 左手佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 左手佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 左手佬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 左歪 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 用左手 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 左㕭 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 左手佬 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 撇手, 左撇手 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 用左手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 左撇子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 反手拐子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 左撇子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 左撇子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 左跛犁, 左跛仔, 左跛 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 左手牯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 左手雞, 左手, 左手撇 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 左跛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 左跛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 左跛 |
| Hakka | Changting | 左手哩 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 左跛犁 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 捭手牯, 左手牯 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 左撇仔 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 左手犁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 左手鬼 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 左手犁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 左撇子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 左跛子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 左手跛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 左跛犁, 左手跛仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 左跛犁, 左手跛仔, 左跛仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 左跛犁 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 左跛犁 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 左跛犁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 左手跛仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 左手跛, 左跛犁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 左手跛仔, 左手跛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捭手拐 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 左犁跛, 左手仔 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 左撇仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 左手牯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 左手跛 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 左撇子 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 手跛 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 跛手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 反手撩, 反手鱉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 左撇子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 左撥腰 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 左撲撩 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 左撇裂 |
| Jin | Datong | 左把子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 左拐子, 拐巴子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 左刮子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 左撇子, 左不裂 |
| Jin | Linhe | 左撇子 |
| Jin | Jining | 左撇裂 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 左撇子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 左撇裂 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 左撇裂兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 左撇裂 |
| Jin | Handan | 左撇裂 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 左膊裂了手 |
| Jin | Suide | 左撇子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 反手椵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 倒手拐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 倒手拐 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 倒手拐 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒手雞, 倒手雞仔, 攑倒手, 倒手儂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒手拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 倒手𨂿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 倒手仔拐, 倒手仔剾刀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 倒手拐仔, 倒手拐, 攑倒手個 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 䆀手仔拐 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 䆀手仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 倒手拐, 䆀手, 䆀手拐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 䆀手拐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 倒手抉, 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 倒手拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 倒手𨂿仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 倒手仔𨂿, 倒手仔猴 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 倒手拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 倒手拐, 倒手捍, 倒手雞仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 倒手抉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 倒手拐 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒手怪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 左攪 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 倒手仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 左手撇, 左撇子 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 左手拐 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 倒手拐, 左手拐 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 左手乖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒手囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 倒手囝, 倒手偏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 倒手偏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 倒手偏 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 倒手倒拐 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 倒手仙 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 倒手, 偏多 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 倒手怪 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇手伯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 倒手拐 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 倒手拐 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 倒手拐 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 左雞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 左瘸子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 左撇子, 左手風 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 借手上前 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 齋臂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 濟手朝前 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 左撇子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 濟手佬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 借手佬 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 借手㪝槌 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 借手師父 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 左手撬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 借手連撇 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 左撇子, 左筆子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 左撇子 |

#### Antonyms

* 右手 (yòushǒu)

#### Derived terms

* 左手交右手 (zuǒshǒu jiāo yòushǒu)
* 左手仔
* 左手便
* 左手子
* 左手拐
* 左手撬
* 左手跛
* 左手跛仔
* 左手邊／左手边 (zuǒshǒubiān)
* 左手風／左手风

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 左(さ)手(しゅ) (sashu)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 左 | 手 |
| ひだり Grade: 1 | て Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
From Old Japanese.
From 左 (hidari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひだりて [hìdáríté] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çida̠ɾʲite̞]

#### Noun

左(ひだり)手(て) • (hidarite)
* (anatomy) the left hand
    Synonym: 弓手 (yunde)
* the left-hand side, left side
    Synonyms: 左側 (hidarigawa), 弓手 (yunde)

##### Antonyms

* 右(みぎ)手(て) (migite, “right hand”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 左 | 手 |
| さ Grade: 1 | しゅ Grade: 1 |
| goon ||
From Middle Chinese 左手 (MC tsaX|tsaH syuwX).

#### Noun

左(さ)手(しゅ) • (sashu)
* (anatomy) the left hand

##### Antonyms

* 右(う)手(しゅ) (ushu), 右(ゆう)手(しゅ) (yūshu, “right hand”)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 左 | 手 |
| Grade: 1 | て > で Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun | kun'yomi |
* For pronunciation and definitions of 左手 – see the following entry: 弓手
(The following entry is uncreated: 弓手.)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From 左 (*pi$_1$dari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

### Noun

左手 (*pi$_1$darite) (kana ひだりて)
* the left hand
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, poem 1766:吾妹兒者久志呂爾有奈武左手乃吾奧手二纒而去麻師乎wagi$_1$moko$_1$ pa kusiro$_2$ ni aranamu *pi$_1$darite no$_2$ waga oku no$_2$ te ni maki$_1$te inamasi woWould that my love were a bracelet! Trying her to my left arm, I would start my journey.

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 左手 (hidarite)

### References

* ↑ Peter H. Lee (1979) Celebration of Continuity: Themes in Classic East Asian Poetry, Harvard University Press; original from the University of Virginia, →ISBN, page 139