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{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=30|rad=口|as=05|sn=8|four=|canj=RKM|ids=⿰口左}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0185.211|hdz=10599.040|uh=5497}}

==Chinese==

===Glyph origin===
{{Han compound|口|左|t1=mouth|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|no_och2=y}}

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms|alt=唨-rare,阻-rare,咀-rare,左-nonstandard,o左-internet}}
First attested in {{lang|zh|《散語四十章》}} (1877) as {{zh-m|*唨}}. This word replaces earlier {{zh-m|嘵|tr=hiu<sup>1</sup>}} in standard Cantonese.

Probably from {{zh-m|*著/着}} ({{zh-ref|Cheung, 1997}}; {{zh-ref|Chan, 1998}}; {{zh-ref|Fan and Chan, 2022}}); the pronunciation may be due to influence from Mandarin ''zhuó'' ({{zh-ref|Chan, 1998}}) or colloquial tonal modification to a high-rising tone ({{zh-ref|Cheung, 1997}}).

{{zh-ref|Chan (1995)}} proposes that the original character is {{ltc-l|𧇣|to go}}; others (including {{w|zh:彭志銘|Jimmy Pang}} and {{w|zh:曾焯文|Chapman Chan}}) have similarly proposed {{ltc-l|徂|to go}} to be the original character. These derivations are phonologically and semantically problematic.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|c=zo2
|cat=part
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} {{non-gloss|Used to emphasise an action which has been completed and whose result still applies to the present situation. It roughly translates to the past tense in English.}} {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
#: {{zh-x|佢哋 啱啱 走 咗。|They left just now.|C}}
#: {{zh-x|阿媽 尋日 煲 咗 湯{tong1}。佢 而家 去 咗 超級市場 買 餸。|My mum made soup yesterday. Now, she has gone grocery shopping in the supermarket.|C}}
#: {{zh-co|食 咗 就 冇|if you eat it there will not be any more|C}}
#* {{zh-x|你 知 佢 去 邊處{syu3} 唔 呢 出 '''唨''' 街 去 嘵 街|Do you know where he is going? He went out, went out|C|ref='''1877''', {{lang|zh|《散語四十章》}}, chapter 3}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} {{rfdef|zh}}<!--future perfect tense? imperative?-->
#: {{zh-x|剩{zing6}返 咁多 餸，你 聽{ting1}日 晏晝 食 咗 佢 啦！|There's so many food left. You should have them for lunch tomorrow.|C}}
#: {{zh-x|快啲 食 咗 佢！|Finish eating it, now!|C}}

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|了}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-forms}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=zuo
|cat=interjection
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{n-g|A chant sound made while working.}}

=====Compounds=====
{{col3|zh|嘿咗}}