Chinese symbol for “best”
最好
zuì hǎo
best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
The closest CC-CEDICT match for best is 最好 (zuì hǎo), defined as: best; had better ...; it would be best to ....
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “best”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最佳 | zuì jiā | optimum; optimal |
| 王者 | wáng zhě | king; emperor; (fig.) the best; champion |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | sharp pointed end; the tip |
| 扛把子 | káng bǎ zi | (argot) gang leader; (fig.) king; the best |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 最好.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最后 (最後) | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end |
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently; soon |
| 最终 (最終) | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 最佳 | zuì jiā | optimum; optimal |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “best”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.