最后 (zuìhòu) means Final (last - ultimate). Below are 24 of the 32 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
最后 我们决定坐地铁。
Zuìhòu wǒmen juédìng zuò dìtiě.
In the end we decided to take the subway.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 最后
这条线索 最后 断了。
Zhè tiáo xiànsuǒ zuìhòu duàn le.
This trail went cold in the end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 线索
老师 最后 请大家提问。
Lǎoshī zuìhòu qǐng dàjiā tíwèn.
At the end the teacher invited questions.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 提问
他顽强地坚持到了 最后 。
Tā wánqiáng de jiānchí dào le zuìhòu.
He held on tenaciously to the very end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 顽强
故事里的敌人 最后 失败了。
Gùshi lǐ de dírén zuìhòu shībài le.
The enemy in the story was defeated in the end.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 敌人
故事里的主人公 最后 复活了。
Gùshi lǐ de zhǔréngōng zuìhòu fùhuó le.
The hero of the story comes back to life in the end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 复活
最后 那句话完全是画蛇添足。
Zuìhòu nà jù huà wánquán shì huàshétiānzú.
That last sentence was entirely superfluous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 画蛇添足
故事里的魔鬼 最后 被打败了。
Gùshi lǐ de móguǐ zuìhòu bèi dǎbài le.
The demon in the story was defeated in the end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 魔鬼
报告 最后 展望了明年的形势。
Bàogào zuìhòu zhǎnwàng le míngnián de xíngshì.
The report ends by looking ahead to next year's situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 展望
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From the graded readers
项目 最后 按时完成了。
xiàngmù zuìhòu àn shí wánchéng le / liǎo / liào.
The project was finished on time in the end.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
最后 我们买了这件衣服,二百块。
zuìhòu wǒmen mǎile zhèijiàn yīfu, èrbǎi kuài.
In the end we bought it for two hundred yuan.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我犹豫了很久, 最后 还是答应了。
wǒ yóuyù le / liǎo / liào hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu háishì dāying le / liǎo / liào.
I hesitated a long time, and agreed anyway.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
最后 她说:“不用担心我,我很好。”
zuìhòu tā shuō:" búyòng dānxīn wǒ, wǒ hěnhǎo."
At the end she wrote, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
我 最后 还是出门了,只跑了十五分钟。
wǒ zuìhòu háishì chū mén le / liǎo / liào, zhī pǎo le / liǎo / liào shíwǔ fēnzhōng.
In the end I went out anyway, and only ran fifteen minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
最后 弟弟说:“今天比去公园还好玩。”
zuìhòu dìdi shuō:" jīntiān bǐ qù gōngyuán hái / huán hǎo / hào wán / wàn."
In the end my brother said, "Today was even more fun than the park."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
我忍了两个星期, 最后 决定上去说一说。
wǒ rěn le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī, zuìhòu juédìng shàngqù shuō yī shuō.
I put up with it for two weeks and finally decided to go up and say something.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
也许是因为,我们都不觉得这是 最后 一次见面。
yěxǔ shì yīnwèi, wǒmen dōu bù juéde zhè / zhèi shì zuìhòu yīcì jiànmiàn.
Perhaps because neither of us thought it was the last time we'd meet.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
四年里说了那么多话, 最后 十分钟反而说不出来。
sìnián lǐ shuōle nàme duō huà, zuìhòu shífēn zhōng fǎn'ér shuō bùchū lái.
Four years of talking, and in the last ten minutes we couldn't manage anything.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
From the travel phrasebook
最后 appears in 32 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 最后
How is 最后 used in a sentence?
This page shows 32 sentences using 最后 (zuìhòu, "Final (last - ultimate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 最后 an HSK word?
Yes — 最后 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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