左袒

Chinese

		left	to bare
simp. and trad. (左袒)		左	袒

Etymology

From a story recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian:

太尉將之入軍門，行令軍中曰：「為呂氏右袒，為劉氏左袒。」軍中皆左袒為劉氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

太尉将之入军门，行令军中曰：「为吕氏右袒，为刘氏左袒。」军中皆左袒为刘氏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Tàiwèi jiāng zhī rù jūnmén, xínglìng jūn zhōng yuē: “Wèi Lǚ shì yòu tǎn, wèi Liú shì zuǒ tǎn.” Jūn zhōng jiē zuǒ tǎn wèi Liú shì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒtǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² taan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒtǎn [Phonetic: zuótǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒtǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-tʻan³
  - Yale: dzwǒ-tǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuootaan
  - Palladius: цзотань (czotanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo² taan²
  - Yale: jó táan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² taan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo² tan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

Verb

左袒

(literary) to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (to a particular party)

Synonyms

偏袒 (piāntǎn)

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