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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

最是

zuìshì

(before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most

02

(literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 最是 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 最是 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

单拿我和凤姐姐做筏子禁别人,最是心里有算计的人,岂止乖而已。dān ná wǒ hé fèng jiě jiě zuò fá zi jìn bié rén, zuì shì xīn lǐ yǒu suàn jì de rén, qǐ zhǐ guāi ér yǐ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

离此间三十里,有个白鹤山,最是清幽仙境之所。朕去建造个寺刹,请师傅到那里去住。lí cǐ jiān sān shí lǐ, yǒu gè bái hè shān, zuì shì qīng yōu xiān jìng zhī suǒ。 zhèn qù jiàn zào gè sì shā, qǐng shī fù dào nà lǐ qù zhù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 最是.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 最是.

Directly before

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

Directly after

  • 最是心里1
  • 最是清幽1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 最是

What does 最是 mean in Chinese?

最是 (zuìshì) means (before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most.

How do you pronounce 最是?

最是 is pronounced zuìshì.

Is 最是 an HSK word?

最是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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