最

冣

zuìㄗㄨㄟˋ

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Meaning

Meanings

1
old variant of 最[zui4]
2
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
3
(after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")

Examples

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到了最後，大家一定要靠自己學習。

Everyone must learn on their own in the end.

你觉得她最想要什么纪念品？

你覺得她最想要什麼紀念品？

What souvenir do you think she would like most?

他是日本最伟大的艺术家之一。

他是日本最偉大的藝術家之一。

He is one of the greatest artists in Japan.

得不到的东西就最想得到。

得不到的東西就最想得到。

It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.

这是我所见过的最大型的构造了。

這是我所見過的最大型的構造了。

This is the most massive structure I have ever seen.

Characters

Character breakdown

日

rì

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

取

qǔ

to take

Related: 最

最佳

zuì jiā

optimum

最初

zuì chū

first

最多

zuì duō

at most

最好

zuì hǎo

best

最少

zuì shǎo

at least

最后

zuì hòu

final; last; ultimate

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