佐 (zuǒ): to assist, assistant, aide
佐 (zuǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “to assist.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 左 (phonetic). It ranks #2047 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 佐 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to assist
- assistant
- aide
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佐罗 | zuǒ luó | Zorro |
| 佐藤proper-noun | zuǒ téng | Satō (Japanese surname) |
| 佐料noun | zuǒ liào | condiments |
| 佐治亚proper-noun | zuǒ zhì yà | Georgia, US state |
| 辅佐verb | fǔ zuǒ | to assist (usually a ruler) |
| 佐佐木proper-noun | zuǒ zuǒ mù | Sasaki (Japanese surname) |
| 佐证noun | zuǒ zhèng | evidence |
| 佐野proper-noun | zuǒ yě | Sano (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 佐餐verb | zuǒ cān | (of food) accompaniment |
| 卡拉马佐夫兄弟 | kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì | Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基 |
| 佐世保proper-noun | zuǒ shì bǎo | Sasebo (city and naval port in Nagasaki, Japan) |
| 佐科威 | zuǒ kē wēi | Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-) |
| 巴罗佐 | bā luó zuǒ | José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal 2002-04, president of EU Commiss... |
| 喷他佐辛 | pēn tā zuǒ xīn | (loanword) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic) |
| 摩亨佐·达罗 | mó hēng zuǒ · dá luó | Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site |
佐 appears in 19 compound words: 68 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 佐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
她佐长得很美，心地也很善良。
tā zuǒ cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She is exceptionally beautiful and has a kind heart.
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bèi zuǒ sī qià tán chóu jí 1 0 0 0 yì měi yuán yòng yú A I zhì zào yè jī . . .
Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion for an AI manufacturing fund...
MLB/佐佐木朗希春训防御率13.50 道奇主帅强...
M L B zuǒ zuǒ mù lǎng xī chūn xùn fáng yù lǜ 1 3 . 5 0 dào qí zhǔ shuài qiáng . . .
MLB: Roki Sasaki's Spring Training ERA is 13.50; Dodgers Manager...
台湾烧打鸡昔爆打孙安佐 韩森松口断联内幕:祝福他未来更好
tái wān shāo dǎ jī xī bào dǎ sūn ān zuǒ hán sēn sōng kǒu duàn lián nèi mù : zhù fú tā wèi lái gēng hǎo
Taiwan's roasted chicken used to beat Sun Anzuo, Han Sen let go of the inside story: I wish him a better future
经典赛》卫冕军火力全开!佐藤辉明猛打赏灌5打点、森下翔太开轰4打点...
jīng diǎn sài wèi 冕 jūn huǒ lì quán kāi ! zuǒ téng huī míng měng dǎ shǎng guàn 5 dǎ diǎn , sēn xià xiáng tài kāi hōng 4 dǎ diǎn . . .
The defending team is on fire! Teruaki Sato hit 5 RBIs, Shota Morishita hit 4 RBIs...
佐藤先生在周末练习射箭。
Zuǒténg xiānsheng zài zhōumò liànxí shèjiàn.
Mr. Sato practices archery on weekends.
佐佐木贞子死于1955年10月25日。
Zuǒzuǒmù zhēn zǐ sǐ yú 1955 nián 10 yuè 25 rì.
Sadako Sasaki died on October 25, 1955.
我可以和佐藤先生说话吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ hé Zuǒténg xiānsheng shuōhuà ma?
Can I speak to Mr Sato?
佐藤是社长的新秘书。
Zuǒténg shì shèzhǎng de xīn mìshū.
Sato is the new secretary of the company president.
「对的，我们以前见过面。」佐敦先生说。
「 duì de, wǒmen yǐqián jiàn guo miàn.」 zuǒ dūn xiānsheng shuō.
"Yes, we have met before," said Mr Jordan.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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