IDENTITY
最zuìmost; -est
HSK 1Top 150
CORE MEANING
most; -est
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.most; -estHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 曰say radical (yuē)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱日取
- top part
- to take; the utmost
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
最好zuìhǎobest
最近zuìjìnrecently
最多zuì duōat most
Graded examples
这是我最高兴的一天。Zhè shì wǒ zuì gāoxìng de yì tiān.HSK2
This is my happiest day.
RELATIONS
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LEARNING
Memory aid
Taking (取) the top (曰) of everything — the most.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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