| 左宗棠鸡 | Zuǒ Zōng táng jī | General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish | 
| 左 | Zuǒ | surname Zuo | 
| 左 | zuǒ | left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐 | 
| 左宗棠 | Zuǒ Zōng táng | Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader | 
| 宗 | Zōng | surname Zong | 
| 宗 | zōng | school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | 
| 棠 | táng | cherry-apple | 
| 鸡 | jī | fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute | 
| 鸡 | jī | variant of 鸡 |