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最后

zuì hòu

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 最後

最后 (zuì hòu) means "final". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 最后 means

1. final; last; ultimate
2. finally; in the end

The characters in 最后

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 最后她没有来。
  After all she did not come.
• 你没必要待到最后。
  You don't have to wait until the end.
• 她是最后一个客人。
  She was the last guest.
• 她错过了最后期限。
  She missed the deadline.
• 最后我还是习惯了。
  I eventually got used to it.
• 最后的那个是我的。
  The last one is mine.

Words starting with 最后

• 最后通牒zuì hòu tōng diéultimatum
• 最后期限zuì hòu qī xiàndeadline; final time limit (for project)
• 最后晚餐zuì hòu wǎn cānthe Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story)
• 最后的晚餐Zuì hòu de Wǎn cānthe Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
• 最后一天zuì hòu yī tiānfinal day

Words containing 最后

• 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎothe straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw
• 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎoHe laughs best who laughs last.
• 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好shéi xiào zài zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎoHe laughs best who laughs last.

Where 最后 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time sequence & ordering (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuì hòu correctly.
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