最 (zeoi3 | zui4) : most; extremely; exceedingly

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zeoi3

zui4

most; extremely; exceedingly; extreme; superlative

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 冂 (#13)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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最大 zeoi3 daai6 zui4 da4 = biggest

最多 zeoi3 do1 zui4 duo1 = the most (in quantity)

最高 zeoi3 gou1 zui4 gao1 = tallest; highest

最好 zeoi3 hou2 zui4 hao3 = best

最後 zeoi3 hau6 zui4 hou4 = last; finally; at last

最近 zeoi3 gan6 zui4 jin4 = recently

最早 zeoi3 zou2 zui4 zao3 = at the earliest

最尾 zeoi3 mei5*1 zui4 wei3 = final; last place

最初 zeoi3 co1 zui4 chu1 = at first; earliest

最佳 zeoi3 gaai1 zui4 jia1 = optimum, optimal, peak

最惠國 zeoi3 wai6 gwok3 zui4 hui4 guo2 = most-favored nation (trade status)

最終 zeoi3 zung1 zui4 zhong1 = final, ultimate

最尾頁 zeoi3 mei5*1 jip6 zui4 wei3 ye4 = the last page

最主要 zeoi3 zyu2 jiu3 zui4 zhu3 yao4 = main

最低限度 zeoi3 dai1 haan6 dou6 zui4 di1 xian4 du4 = minimum

最少 zeoi3 siu2 zui4 shao3 = smallest, least

最新 zeoi3 san1 zui4 xin1 = latest, newest

黃蜂尾後針最毒婦人心 wong4 fung1 mei5 hau5 zam1 zeoi3 duk6 fu5 jan4 sam1 huang2 feng1 wei3 hou1 zhen1 zui4 du2 fu4 ren2 xin1 = a woman can be deadly and vicious (more than the hornet's sting)

最化算 zeoi3 faa3 syun3 = best value

最後一個 zeoi3 hau6 jat1 go3 = the last one (person)

最後一日 zeoi3 hau6 jat1 jat6 = the last day

自己最知自己事 zi6 gei2 zeoi3 zi1 zi6 gei2 si6 zi4 ji3 zui4 zhi1 zi4 ji3 shi4 = one knows oneself best

最愛 zeoi3 oi3 zui4 ai4 = favorite

最高價 zeoi3 gou1 gaa3 zui4 gao1 jia4 = maxivalence

世界最大 sai3 gaai3 zeoi3 daai6 shi4 jie4 zui4 da4 = world's largest/world's biggest

最低 zeoi3 dai1 zui4 di1 = lowest

最低點 zeoi3 dai1 dim2 zui4 di1 dian3 = lowest point; minimum (point)

最佳利益 zeoi3 gaai1 lei6 jik1 zui4 jia1 li4 yi4 = best interests

最先 zeoi3 sin1 zui4 xian1 = (the) very first

最喜愛 zeoi3 hei2 oi3 zui4 xi3 ai4 = favorite

最大化 zeoi3 daai6 faa3 zui4 da4 hua4 = to maximize

最大能力 zeoi3 daai6 nang4 lik6 zui4 da4 neng2 li4 = maximum capacity

最後更新 zeoi3 hau6 gang1 san1 zui4 hou4 geng1 xin1 = latest update; most recent update

最後通牒 zeoi3 hau6 tung1 dip6 zui4 hou4 tong1 die2 = ultimatum

最近幾年 zeoi3 gan6 gei2 nin4 zui4 jin4 ji3 nian2 = the last few years; last several years; recent years

最高法院 zeoi3 gou1 faat3 jyun6*2 zui4 gao1 fa3 yuan4 = supreme court

歷來最低點 lik6 loi4 zeoi3 dai1 dim2 li4 lai2 zui4 di1 dian3 = all time low (point)

最受歡迎 zeoi3 sau6 fun1 jing4 zui4 shou4 huan1 ying2 = top-rated

最優 zeoi3 jau1 zui4 you1 hua4 = optimal

最後訴諸於 zeoi3 hau6 sou3 zyu1 jyu1 = last resort (noun)

最惠國待遇 zeoi3 wai6 gwok3 doi6 jyu6 zui4 hui4 guo2 dai4 yu4 = most favored nation (common formation)

無敵是最寂寞 mou4 dik6 si6 zeoi3 zik6 mok6 = no competitors makes you feel lonely

最高限度 zeoi3 gou1 haan6 dou6 zui4 gao1 xian4 du4 = maximum

最低工資 zeoi3 dai1 gung1 zi1 zui4 di1 gong1 zi1 = minimum wages

最大上蓋面積 zeoi3 daai6 soeng6 koi3 min6 zik1 zui4 da4 shang4 gai4 mian4 ji1 = maximum lot or site coverage

最不發達國家 zeoi3 bat1 faat3 daat6 gwok3 gaa1 zui4 bu4 fa1 da2 guo2 jia1 = least-developed country, LDC

此日期前最佳 ci2 jat6 kei4 cin4 zeoi3 gaai1 ci3 ri4 qi1/qi2 qian2 zui4 jia1 = best before this date (common formation)

最後關頭 zeoi3 hau6 gwaan1 tau4 zui4 hou4 guan1 tou2 = at the eleventh hour

最後晚餐 zeoi3 hau6 maan5 caan1 = the Last Supper

最低限度理論 zeoi3 dai1 haan6 dou6 lei5 leon6 zui4 di1 xian4 du4 li3 lun4 = minimalist theory

放射性最強點 fong3 se6 sing3 zeoi3 koeng4 dim2 fang4 she4 xing4 zui4 qiang2 dian3 = radioactive hot spot

最低公倍式 zeoi3 dai1 gung1 pui5 sik1 zui4 di4 gong1 bei4 shi4 = [math.] lowest common multiple

最大絕對誤差 zeoi3 daai6 zyut6 deoi3 ng6 caa1 zui4 da4 jue2 dui4 wu4 cha1 = [math.] maximum absolute error

最小公倍數 zeoi3 siu2 gung1 pui5 sou3 zui4 xiao3 gong1 bei4 shu4 = [math.] lowest common multiple

最簡化式 zeoi3 gaan2 faa3 sik1 zui4 jian3 hua4 shi4 = [math.] simplest form

最大速率 zeoi3 daai6 cuk1 leot6 zui4 da4 su4 lv4 = maximum speed; maximum velocity

中國的最高領導人 zung1 gwok3 dik1 zeoi3 gou1 ling5 dou6 jan4 = Chinese supremo 國

最高人民檢察院 zeoi3 gou1 jan4 man4 gim2 caat3 jyun6*2 = Supreme People's Procuratorate

最高檢察院工作報告 zeoi3 gou1 gim2 caat3 jyun6*2 gung1 zok3 bou3 gou3 = the Supreme People's Procuratorate report

最高法院工作報告 zeoi3 gou1 faat3 jyun6*2 gung1 zok3 bou3 gou3 = the Supreme People's Court report

最高人民法院 zeoi3 gou1 jan4 man4 faat3 jyun6*2 = Supreme People's Court

美國最高法院 mei5 gwok3 zeoi3 gou1 faat3 jyun6*2 mei3 guo2 zui4 gao1 fa3 yuan4 = Supreme Court of the United States (common formation)

加拿大最高法院 gaa1 naa4 daai6 zeoi3 gou1 faat3 jyun6*2 jia1 na2 da4 zui4 gao1 fa3 yuan4 = Supreme Court of Canada

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你最近幾好嗎？粵
How have you been lately?

我最鐘意嘅台灣歌手就係盧廣仲粵
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.

我最憎搭火車㗎嘞粵
I hate to ride on trains.

我最憎包禮物！粵
I hate wrapping up presents!

我最討厭包禮物了！國
I hate wrapping up presents!

聖誕節最啱一家人團聚粵
Christmas is a time for family.

靚係冇用嘅，最緊要係有才華粵
Looks are nothing... the most important thing is talent.

佢哋最後喺返埋一齊粵
They recently got back together.
[最後 implies something that happened recently - in this context, probably days or at most a month.]

廁所魔鏡，世間上邊個最靚？粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all?
[Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]

啱啱收到現場最新嘅消息粵
We've just received an on-the-spot update.
[Lit. just now receive on-the-spot most new [possessive particle] news. Std. Chinese: 剛剛收到現場最新的消息. (Heard this sentence on a news report.)]

呢個實驗最緊要係記性粵
It's vital to remember what you're doing in this experiment.
[Lit. this [counter] experiment[,] most important is memory Translated more directly: "the most important thing about this experiment is memory", but I don't think that's what's meant since the context is a chemistry experiment rather than psychology.]

獵豹係世界上跑得最快嘅動物粵
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
[Lit. cheetah is world-on run-manner most fast [possessive particle] animal]

喺香港,我最怕嘅就係畀蚊咬粵
In Hong Kong, I'm most scared of being bitten.
[Lit. Hong Kong, I most scared [possessive particle] exactly is by mosquitoes bite. This sentence is topicalised: the topic (Hong Kong) is introduced at the start. Also, note the phrase 最怕嘅; the 嘅 turns it into a noun phrase.]

漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

本書㨴到最後一頁粵
Turn the book to the last page!

捉棋嘅時候最憎人係度依牙鬆槓粵
It irritates me when people around me are giving all sorts of comments while I am playing chess.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

小面積房子最熱銷
Small houses are most in demand

這區的房子最暢銷
The houses in the area is most sellable.

你最好快手快腳做埋你啲功課。粵
You better to finish your homework quickly.

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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