The Chinese word "左侧" (zuǒcè), meaning "the left side," is a straightforward compound formed by combining two independent characters: "左" (zuǒ), which is the basic word for "left," and "侧" (cè), which means "side" or "flank." This follows the common grammatical structure in Chinese where a noun ("侧") is modified by an adjective or locative ("左") placed directly before it to create a specific, composite term. The formation is purely semantic and logical, with no phonetic or morphological alteration, resulting in a word whose meaning is transparently the sum of its parts: the side which is left.