佐
zuǒ HSK7

assist

佐 zuǒ
accompany verb
to accompany or supplement, especially regarding food or drink

这道菜若佐以白葡萄酒，风味更佳。

zhè dào cài ruò zuǒ yǐ bái pú​tao​jiǔ, fēng​wèi gèng jiā.

This dish tastes even better when paired with white wine.

assistant noun
an assistant, aide, or subordinate official

作为府上的一名佐，他每天都要协助长官处理大量的公文。

zuò​wéi fǔ​shàng de yī míng zuǒ, tā měi tiān dōu yào xié​zhù zhǎng​guān chǔ​lǐ dà​liàng de gōng​wén.

As an assistant in the official residence, he has to help his superior handle a large volume of official documents every day.

assist verb
to assist, help, or aid a superior

这道美味的烤肉最好佐以特制的酱汁，味道才会更加丰富。

zhè dào měi​wèi de kǎo​ròu zuì hǎo zuǒ yǐ tè​zhì de jiàng​zhī, wèi​dao cái huì gèng​jiā fēng​fù.

This delicious roast meat is best served with a special sauce to give it a richer flavor.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,081st most common 33.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,919th most common 22.0 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.69 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
17.5 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F50

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)