Chinese word

最后

Pronunciation

Pinyinzuì hòu

Meaning

  • adverbfinally

Example

我最后还是去了。wǒ zuì hòu hái shì qù le

I finally went anyway.

Illustration for 最后 (finally)

More examples

大家讨论后，最后还是同意了。dà jiā tǎo lùn hòu zuì hòu hái shì tóng yì le

After discussing it, everyone still agreed in the end.

Core concept

Marks the far end of a sequence, whether it is the last event or the outcome reached after earlier events.

Common phrases

  • 最后才zuì hòu cái

    only at the end

  • 最后还是zuì hòu hái shì

    after all

Similar words

终于zhōng yú: Shows that something happens after a long wait, effort, or difficulty.
最终zuì zhōng: Points to the final result or state reached at the end of a process.
后来hòu lái: Indicates what happens later or the period that follows an earlier event.

Definition in Chinese

表示在一系列事情或经过之后到达的结论或最后的时刻，常用于说明事情的最终结果或最后发生的动作。biǎo shì zài yí xì liè shì qíng huò jīng guò zhī hòu dào dá de jié lùn huò zuì hòu de shí kè cháng yòng yú shuō míng shì qíng de zuì zhōng jié guǒ huò zuì hòu fā shēng de dòng zuò

Word origin

最 (zuì, "most") + 后 (hòu, "after") presents what comes later as the furthest point in the order.

Usage tips

  • 最后 (zuìhòu, "finally") commonly comes before the verb or verb phrase, so its position helps mark which action occurs at the end of a series.

Other meanings

  • endnoun

Opposites

  • 一开始yì kāi shǐat the beginningadverb

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