最後

See also: 最后

Chinese

		(the) most; ‑est	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (最後)		最	後
simp. (最后)		最	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ hau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chui-heu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-ǎu / chòe-āu / chòe-hiǒ / chòe-hō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuê³ ao⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsoe-gheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèihòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: dzwèi-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueyhow
    • Palladius: цзуйхоу (czujxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³ hau⁶
    • Yale: jeui hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³ hɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zui heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zui⁴ heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵ heu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-ǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-ǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ au²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-āu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'au
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁴¹ au³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ au²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ au³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hio²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'ho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuê³ ao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuè ău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ au³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe-gheu
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平 gheu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe-hheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵⁵ ɦɤ²¹/

Adjective

最後

1. final; last; ultimate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 最後 (“the last; in the end”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		最後
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	最後
	Singapore	最後
Cantonese	Hong Kong	最後
	Singapore (Guangfu)	最後
Southern Min	Xiamen	落尾, 煞尾
	Quanzhou	落尾, 煞尾
	Jinjiang	煞尾, 尾尾
	Zhangzhou	落尾, 煞尾
	Tainan	煞尾, 最後 GT, 落尾手 GT, 上尾 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	尾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	落尾
Wu	Shanghai	壓末, 着末腳, 最後, 拉末
	Ningbo	壓末, 頂壓末, 壓煞
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (Hokkien) 後尾溜／后尾溜
• (Wu) 辣末

Antonyms

• 最先 (zuìxiān)

Adverb

最後

1. finally; in the end; ultimately

Synonyms

• 結果／结果 (jiéguǒ)
• 最終／最终 (zuìzhōng)
• (colloquial) 臨了／临了 (línliǎo)
• (Hokkien) 促尾

Antonyms

• 起初 (qǐchū)

Noun

最後

1. end

Synonyms

• 末後／末后 (mòhòu)
• (literary) 沒後／没后 (mòhòu)

Derived terms

• 最後的晚餐 / 最后的晚餐 (Zuìhòu de Wǎncān)
• 最後通牒 / 最后通牒 (zuìhòutōngdié)
• 壓倒駱駝的最後一根草 / 压倒骆驼的最后一根草 (yādǎo luòtuo de zuìhòu yī gēn cǎo)