最 (zuì) means Most (~est). Below are 24 of the 201 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
我 最 喜欢吃西瓜。
Wǒ zuì xǐhuan chī xīguā.
Watermelon is my favourite thing to eat.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 最
这件衣服 最 便宜。
Zhè jiàn yīfu zuì piányi.
This piece of clothing is the cheapest.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 最
她 最 近在减肥。
Tā zuìjìn zài jiǎnféi.
She has been trying to lose weight lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 减肥
最 近菜价涨了。
Zuìjìn cài jià zhǎng le.
Vegetable prices have gone up recently.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 涨
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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
牛奶在 最 里边，水果在门旁边。
niúnǎi zài zuì lǐ biān, shuǐguǒ zài mén pángbiān.
The milk was at the very back and the fruit was by the door.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
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
中秋节是中国 最 重要的节日之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
最 难的不是第一天，而是第十天。
zuì nán de / dì búshì dìyī tiān, érshì dìshí tiān.
The hardest day wasn't the first — it was the tenth.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
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
From the travel phrasebook
最 早的一班是几点？
Zuì zǎo de yì bān shì jǐ diǎn?
What time is the earliest one?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
最 近的医院在哪儿？
Zuì jìn de yīyuàn zài nǎr?
Where is the nearest hospital?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
最 低了，不能再少了。
Zuì dī le, bù néng zài shǎo le.
That's my lowest, I can't go lower.
Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining
最 appears in 201 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.
Words that contain 最
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 最
How is 最 used in a sentence?
This page shows 201 sentences using 最 (zuì, "Most (~est)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 最 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 最 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 最 an HSK word?
Yes — 最 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 最?
The dictionary page for 最 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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