左近

Chinese

		left	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (左近)		左	近
simp. #(左近)		左	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gan^6-2
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zo² geng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒjìn
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-chin⁴
    • Yale: dzwǒ-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoojinn
    • Palladius: цзоцзинь (czoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² gan^6-2
    • Yale: jó gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² gen^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kɐn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo² geng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsó kṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯŋ³⁵/

Noun

左近

1. nearby; vicinity; proximity

Synonyms

• 側近／侧近 (cèjìn)
• 在近 (Hokkien)
• 旁邊壗頭／旁边𡋤头 (⁶baon-bi-he-deu) (Wu)
• 近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
• 近旁 (jìnpáng)
• 近處／近处 (jìnchù)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附近 (fùjìn)
• 頭到／头到 (Jinjiang Hokkien)