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trad.		最
simp. ^#		最
alternative forms		冣㝡𥦡𣤜

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 最, Shang ...

Historical forms of the character 最
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

More information Old Chinese ...

	Old Chinese
陬	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	ʔsloː, sʰloːʔ, sloːʔ, ʔsru
掫	ʔsloː, ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *slos
趣	sʰloːʔ, sʰlos
取	sʰloːʔ, sʰloʔ
鯫	zloː, zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	rlu, rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	ʔsru, zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	ʔsru, sʰroːɡ
菆	ʔsru, sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	sʰoːds, sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	sʰloʔ, sʰlos, *slo
聚	zloʔ, zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	ʔsoːd, sʰoːd

Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Originally 㝡, phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zloːds): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – "to gather". Later 二 was added as distinguishing marks to disambiguate the character for the meaning "the most". The top components have corrupted into 冃 in the traditional form. These components were further corrupted into 曰 in the simplified version.

Pronunciation

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	edit 最
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡suei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡suei²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡suei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡suei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡suɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡suei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡suei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡suei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡suəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡se⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sai⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕye³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sei⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sui⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sui⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɔy²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡suɛ⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sue²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sui³⁵/

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	最
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	祖外切
Baxter	tswajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swaj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi³

More information Character, Reading # ...

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	最
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tswaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁot-s/
English	collect; most
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	最
Reading #	1/1
No.	10645
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	最
Old Chinese	/*zloːds/

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zuì (zui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zui⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeoi³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dui¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zui⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chui

(Hailu, HRS): zui^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zui⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zui³
Northern Min (KCR): cuòi
Eastern Min (BUC): có̤i
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zue⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuê³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tsoe / ⁵tsoe / ⁵tsei / ⁵tse / ⁵tshuei / ¹tsei
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsui⁴
  - Yale: dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuey
  - Palladius: цзуй (czuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zui⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zeoi³
  - Yale: jeui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui
  - Hakka Romanization System: zui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zui^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sui¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suei⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuòi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suɛ⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔy²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zue⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø³⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsei
  - MiniDict: tsei^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sei³³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tse
  - MiniDict: tse^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡se⁵²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshuei
  - MiniDict: tshuei^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰzʷei⁴⁵/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsei
  - MiniDict: tsei^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sɐɪ⁵²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞i̯⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: tswajH

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤot-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*zloːds/

Definitions

最

most; -est
最佳 ― zuìjiā ― optimal
the most ... thing; the best
世界之最 ― shìjiè zhī zuì ― world records

Synonyms

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		最, 至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		最
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	最, 頂
	Taiwan	最
	Malaysia	最
	Singapore	最
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	最, 頂
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	最
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	最, 第一
	Wuhan	頂
	Guilin	最
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	頂, 最
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	頂, 最
Cantonese	Guangzhou	最, 至
	Hong Kong	最, 至
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	最
	Taishan	最, 至
	Yangjiang	至
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	最
	Hepu (Shatian)	最
	Beihai	最
	Beihai (Nankang)	最
	Beihai (Yingpan)	最
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	最
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	最
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	最
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	最
	Singapore (Guangfu)	最
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	最
	Móng Cái	最
Gan	Nanchang	頂
Hakka	Meixian	最, 第一
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盡, 最
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	最, 盡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	最
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盡, 最
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	最
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭
	Hong Kong	最
Jin	Taiyuan	頂
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頂, 最, 第一
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	第一, 最
Eastern Min	Matsu	第一
Southern Min	Xiamen	第一, 第, 一, 上
	Quanzhou	第一, 第, 上
	Jinjiang	上
	Zhangzhou	第一, 上
	Zhao'an	上
	Dongshan	上
	Taipei	上
	Kaohsiung	上
	Yilan	上
	Changhua (Lukang)	上
	Taichung	上
	Tainan	上
	Hsinchu	上
	Kinmen	上
	Penang (Hokkien)	第一
	Singapore (Hokkien)	上
	Manila (Hokkien)	第, 上
	Chaozhou	上頂, 上
	Shantou	上, 最
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	一
	Jieyang	上, 上頂
	Singapore (Teochew)	上
	Pontianak (Teochew)	上
	Wenchang	最
	Qionghai	最
Wu	Shanghai	最, 最最, 頂
	Suzhou	頂, 最
	Ningbo	頂, 頂頂
	Wenzhou	頂, 最
Xiang	Changsha	頂, 最
Xiang	Shuangfeng	頂, 最

Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”) [map]

Compounds

最上
最低工資 / 最低工资 (zuìdī gōngzī)
最佳 (zuìjiā)
最佳拍檔 / 最佳拍档
最先 (zuìxiān)
最初 (zuìchū)
最大公約數 / 最大公约数 (zuìdà gōngyuēshù)
最好 (zuìhǎo)
最小公倍數 / 最小公倍数 (zuìxiǎo gōngbèishù)
最少 (zuìshǎo)
最後 / 最后 (zuìhòu)
最後通牒 / 最后通牒 (zuìhòutōngdié)
最惠國待遇 / 最惠国待遇
最敬禮 / 最敬礼 (zuìjìnglǐ)
最為 / 最为 (zuìwéi)
最簡分數 / 最简分数 (zuìjiǎn fēnshù)
最終 / 最终 (zuìzhōng)
最近 (zuìjìn)
最速件
最適化 / 最适化 (zuìshìhuà)
最高法院 (zuìgāo fǎyuàn)
最高當局 / 最高当局
為善最樂 / 为善最乐 (wéishàn zuì lè)

最

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