左券

Chinese

		left	deed; bond; contract deed; bond; contract; ticket
simp. and trad. (左券)		左	券

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒquàn, zuǒjuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄩㄢˋ, ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gyun³ / zo² hyun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒquàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒcyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-chʻüan⁴
  - Yale: dzwǒ-chywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoochiuann
  - Palladius: цзоцюань (czocjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒquànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄩㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒcyuànr
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-chʻüan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dzwǒ-chywànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoochiuall
  - Palladius: цзоцюаньр (czocjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒjuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒjyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-chüan⁴
  - Yale: dzwǒ-jywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoojiuann
  - Palladius: цзоцзюань (czoczjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒjuànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒjyuànr
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-chüan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dzwǒ-jywànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoojiuall
  - Palladius: цзоцзюаньр (czoczjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo² gyun³ / zo² hyun³
  - Yale: jó gyun / jó hyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gyn³ / dzo² hyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo² gün³ / zo² hün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kyːn³³/, /t͡sɔː³⁵ hyːn³³/

Noun

左券

(historical) copy of a contract held by a creditor
(figurative, literary) sure thing; certainty

Derived terms