左右

1. left andright
2. left and rightsides; both sides

   • 參差荇菜，左右流之。…窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。參差荇菜、左右芼之。[Pre-Classical Chinese,trad.]
     参差荇菜，左右流之。…窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。参差荇菜、左右芼之。[Pre-Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheClassic of Poetry,c. 11^th – 7^th centuriesBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Cēncī xìngcài,zuǒyòu liú zhī.... Yǎotiǎoshūnǚ, qínsè yǒu zhī. Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒ yòu mào zhī.[Pinyin]

     Here long, there short, is the duckweed,To the left, to the right, borne about by the current. […]
     The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: With lutes, small and large, let us give her friendly welcome.
     Here long, there short, is the duckweed;On the left, on the right, we cook and present it.

3. entourage;retinue;attendants

左右

1. about;or so; orthereabouts;around;approximately

   他身高可能在三米左右。[MSC,trad. andsimp.]

   Tā shēngāo kěnéng zài sān mǐzuǒyòu.[Pinyin]

   He wasabout three meters tall.

   30分鐘左右[Cantonese,trad.]
   30分钟左右[Cantonese,simp.]

   saam¹ sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹zo² jau^6-2[Jyutping]

   about 30 minutes

   我估計溫度都在十度左右吧。[MSC,trad.]
   我估计温度都在十度左右吧。[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒ gūjì wēndù dōu zài shí dùzuǒyòu ba.[Pinyin]

   I guess the temperature isaround ten degrees now.

左右

1. (Classical) tocontrol; tomanipulate; toinfluence; todominate

From左(さ)(sa,“left”) +右(ゆう)(yū,“right”).

• (Tokyo)さゆう[sáꜜyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠jɯ̟ː]

左(さ)右(ゆう)• (sayū) 

1. left andright

   横(おう)断(だん)歩(ほ)道(どう)を渡(わた)る前(まえ)には、左(さ)右(ゆう)を確(かく)認(にん)する。

   Ōdanhodō o wataru mae ni wa,sayū o kakunin suru.

   Checkleft and right before you cross the road.

2. bothsides
3. control
4. influence

• (right and left):右(みぎ)左(ひだり)(migihidari)
• (control):支(し)配(はい)(shihai)
• (influence):影(えい)響(きょう)(eikyō)

左(さ)右(ゆう)する• (sayūsuru) suru (stem左(さ)右(ゆう)し(sayūshi),past左(さ)右(ゆう)した(sayūshita))

1. tosway, toinfluence
2. to have under one'scontrol

• (Tokyo)そー[sóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]

左右(そう)• (sō) ^{←さう(sau)?}

1. (obsolete)left andright
2. letter;tidings

   Synonym:便り(tayori)

   • 1883,아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲)[Amenomori Hōshū], “晝夜”, in浦瀬裕, editor,재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知)(Jaegan'gyorinsuji)‎^NDLNLK,外務省 edition, volume 1:

     初七日 七日コロハサウガアリマセウ

     shonanoka nanoka koro wasō ga arimashō

     7th: There will probably betidings on the 7th.

     初七日 초(初)일엣날ᄶᅳᆷ긔별(寄別)이 잇ᄉᆞ오리(original Korean)

   • 1883,아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲)[Amenomori Hōshū], “語辭”, in浦瀬裕, editor,재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知)(Jaegan'gyorinsuji)‎^NDLNLK,外務省 edition, volume 3:

     又 マタヨイ左右ガキソウニゴザル

     mata mata yoisō ga kisō ni gozaru

     Again: It seems like good tidings may comeagain.

     又 ᄯᅩ 됴흔긔별(寄別)이 올 듯허오(original Korean)

• “〈左右〉”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

左右• (jwau) (hangeul좌우)

1. hanja form^? of좌우(“left and right”)

左右

1. chữ Hán form oftả hữu(“left and right”)

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