左右

左右

1. left and right
2. left and right sides; 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: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James 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; or thereabouts; around; approximately

   他身高可能在三米左右。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā shēngāo kěnéng zài sān mǐ zuǒyòu. [Pinyin]

   He was about three meters tall.

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

   saam¹ sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹ zo² 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 dù zuǒyòu ba. [Pinyin]

   I guess the temperature is around ten degrees now.

左右

1. (Classical) to control; to manipulate; to influence; to dominate

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 and right

   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.

   Check left and right before you cross the road.

2. both sides
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 • (sayū suru) transitive suru (stem 左(さ)右(ゆう)し (sayū shi), past 左(さ)右(ゆう)した (sayū shita))

1. to sway, to influence
   • 2022 April 6, 岬麻紀, quotee, “第208回国会　衆議院　文部科学委員会　第7号　令和4年4月6日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     子供にとって、人生を導く、そして人生を左右していくのが教職の皆様ではないかと思っております。

     Kodomo ni totte, jinsei o michibiku, soshite jinsei o sayū shite iku no ga kyōshoku no mina-sama de wa nai ka to omotte ori-masu.

     I believe that it is teachers who guide and influence children's lives.

2. to have under one's control

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

左右(そう) • (sō) ^{←さう (sau)?}

1. (obsolete) left and right
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)‎^{NDL NLK}, 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 wa sō ga arimashō

     7th: There will probably be tidings on the 7th.

     初七日 초(初)일엣날ᄶᅳᆷ 긔별(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)‎^{NDL NLK}, 外務省 edition, volume 3:

     又 マタヨイ左右ガキソウニゴザル

     mata mata yoi sō ga kisō ni gozaru

     Again: It seems like good tidings may come again.

     又 ᄯᅩ 됴흔 긔별(寄別)이 올 듯허오 (original Korean)

• “〈左右〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

左右 • (jwau) (hangeul 좌우)

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

左右

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