Pinyin "zuo3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zuo3" is split up into two parts: "zu" and "o3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zu"

Zu is for Zapatista Zebra.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "o3"

In the observatory's living room.

Characters pronounced zuo3

左
zuǒ = zu + o3
surname Zuo
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
左
zuǒ = zu + o3
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
佐
zuǒ = zu + o3
to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany
佐 = 亻 + 左 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻), the communist (左) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are making a pact in the observatory (o3) to assist (佐) each other to achieve world wide communism.
撮
zuǒ = zu + o3
classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
咗
zuǒ = zu + o3
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了[le5] or 過|过[guo4]