左右 zuǒ yòu left and rightnearbyapproximatelyattendantto controlto influence Example sentences 我昨天十二点左右才睡。 wǒ zuótiān shí'èr diǎn zuǒyòu cái shuì. I slept at about noon yesterday 我学了三个月左右的汉语。 wǒ xuéle sān gè yuè zuǒyòu de hànyǔ. I have learned Chinese for about three months