最好

Chinese

		(the) most; ‑est	good; well; be fond of
trad. (最好)		最	好
simp. #(最好)		最	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ hou²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chui-hó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zui⁴ hau³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-hó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuê³ ho²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsoe-hau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèihǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-hao³
    • Yale: dzwèi-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueyhao
    • Palladius: цзуйхао (czujxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³ hou²
    • Yale: jeui hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³ hou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui-hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: zui ho^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zui⁴ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵ ho³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zui⁴ hau³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hau³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hó
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁴¹ hɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuê³ ho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuè hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe-hau
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平 hau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe-hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/

Adjective

最好

1. best

   沒有最好，只有更好 [MSC, trad.]
   没有最好，只有更好 [MSC, simp.]

   méiyǒu zuìhǎo, zhǐyǒu gènghǎo [Pinyin]

   There is no best, only better.

Synonyms

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• 一個的／一个的 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 一單好／一单好 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 一流
• 一粒一 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 一見棒／一见棒 (⁷iq-ci-baon) (Wu)
• 上佳 (shàngjiā)
• 上好 (shànghǎo)
• 最佳 (zuìjiā)
• 第好 (Min Nan)
• 頂呱呱／顶呱呱 (dǐngguāguā) (colloquial)
• 頭等／头等 (tóuděng)
• 首要 (shǒuyào) (attributive)

 

Antonyms

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• 最壞／最坏 (zuìhuài)
• 最差 (zuì chà)

 

Adverb

最好

1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to

   你最好買一本好詞典。 [MSC, trad.]
   你最好买一本好词典。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zuìhǎo mǎi yī běn hǎo cídiǎn. [Pinyin]

   You had better buy a good dictionary.

Synonyms

• (colloquial) 頂好／顶好 (dǐnghǎo)
• 還是／还是 (háishì)
• (Hokkien) 上好