左膠

Chinese

		left	dumbass; bastard (Cantonese profanity)
trad. (左膠)		左	膠
simp. (左胶)		左	胶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒjiao
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-chiao¹
    • Yale: dzwǒ-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoojiau
    • Palladius: цзоцзяо (czoczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² gaau¹
    • Yale: jó gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

左膠

1. (originally Hong Kong Cantonese, politics, neologism, derogatory, offensive) idealistic liberal; leftard; social justice warrior

See also

• 左翼 (zuǒyì, “left-wing”)
• 白左 (báizuǒ, “white leftist”)