Word information
Simplified最后
Traditional最後
Pinyinzuìhòu
Part of speech名
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.04
Character breakdown
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How to learn 最后
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后hòu
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world"); old variant of 最[zui4]; variant of 最[zui4]
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
后年hòuniánthe year after next
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori