最后

最后 zuìhòu in a sentence

Final (last - ultimate)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 17 sentences

最后 (zuìhòu) means Final (last - ultimate). Below are 17 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

他是 最后 一个来的。

Tā shì zuìhòu yí gè lái de.

He was the last to arrive.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 最后

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

From the graded readers

最后 我得了第三名。

zuìhòu wǒ déle dìsān míng.

I came third.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

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

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

最后 我把它打开了,里面全是我上大学时的照片和信。

zuìhòu wǒ bǎ tā dǎkāile, lǐmiàn quán shì wǒ shàng dàxué shí de / dì zhàopiàn hé xìn.

In the end I opened it: inside were all my photographs and letters from university.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House

最后 一次,我骑了很远才发现——他早就把手松开了。

zuìhòu yīcì, wǒ qí le / liǎo / liào hěn yuǎn cái fāxiàn—— tā zǎo jiù bǎshǒu sōngkāi le / liǎo / liào.

On the last attempt I'd ridden a long way before I realised he'd let go ages ago.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike

他看了很久, 最后 只说了一句:“你比以前爱笑了。”

tā kànle hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu zhī shuōle yī jù:" nǐ bǐ yǐqián ài xiào le / liǎo / liào."

He looked around for a long time and in the end said only, "You smile more than you used to."

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

可是 最后 一个问题让我愣住了:“你觉得自己最大的缺点是什么?”

kěshì zuìhòu yīgè wèntí ràng wǒ lèng zhùle:" nǐ juéde zìjǐ zuìdà de / dì quēdiǎn shì shénme?"

But the last question stopped me: "What do you think your biggest weakness is?"

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

From the travel phrasebook

这是 最后 一件。

Zhè shì zuìhòu yí jiàn.

It's the last one.

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

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This page shows 17 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.

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