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

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 左券

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