HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Time

最终 zuìzhōng “final” in Chinese

Traditional 最終

What 最终 means

  1. final
  2. ultimate
  3. in the end

How to say 最终

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale最zuì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale终zhōng1st tone, high and level

最终 in a sentence

  1. 他最终同意了我们的计划。

    Tā zuìzhōng tóngyì le wǒmen de jìhuà.

    He finally agreed to our plan.

    Sentence #336029 from Tatoeba

  2. 他的梦想最终实现了。

    Tā de mèngxiǎng zuìzhōng shíxiàn le.

    His dream finally came true.

    Sentence #349666 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是我的最终回答。

    Zhè shì wǒ de zuìzhōng huídá.

    That’s my final answer.

    Sentence #805175 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 最终 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 最 (zuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
最zuìto the highest degree; most …; -est
  • 日sun · rì
  • 取to take · qǔ
The character 终 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
终zhōngend
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 冬part of the characterSound part

How to write 最终

最 12 strokes · 终 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

最终 (zuìzhōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 最终 (zuìzhōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 最终

Words with 最

最zuì · most最后zuìhòu · last最近zuìjìn · recently最好zuìhǎo · best最初zuìchū · at first

Words with 终

终于zhōngyú · at last始终shǐzhōng · from beginning to end终身zhōngshēn · lifelong终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line终究zhōngjiū · after all

More words: Time & Dates

白天báitiān · daytime后hòu · after今年jīnnián · this year明年míngnián · next year前年qiánnián · the year before last后年hòunián · the year after next之后zhīhòu · after之前zhīqián · before

FAQs

最终 (zuìzhōng) means “final” or “ultimate”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it zuìzhōng: zuì with a 4th tone, then zhōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 最终 is written 最終. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuizhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 最终 from the suggestions. Typing zuizhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
最终 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.