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往左走。

Go left.
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

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Current move

Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.

Scene

When to use it

Understanding or giving a short direction on the street or inside a station.

Risk

safe

Do not use it when you mean turn left at a specific corner; 左转 is more precise for turn left.

Literal

Toward left walk.

Directions become easier when learners hear 往 as toward and connect it with left, right, and straight ahead.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Go left and you’ll be there.
02 First go left.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Where is the subway station?
B Go left.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 Go left.
02 Go right.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 往左走 mean?

Answer: Go left.

往 points the direction; 左 is left.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 往左走。

Answer: wǎng zuǒ zǒu.

All three syllables use third tone marks here.

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03 · Which means go right: 往左走 or 往右走?

Answer: 往右走。

左 is left; 右 is right.

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