Chinese symbol for “last”
最后
zuì hòu
Traditional: 最後
final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
The closest CC-CEDICT match for last is 最后 (zuì hòu), defined as: final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “last”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 历时 (歷時) | lì shí | to last; to take (time) |
| 持续 (持續) | chí xù | to continue; to last; to persist |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place) |
| 延续 (延續) | yán xù | to continue; to go on |
| 末任 | mò rèn | (of the holder of an official post which no longer exists) the last (incumbent) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 最后.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently; soon |
| 最终 (最終) | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 最佳 | zuì jiā | optimum; optimal |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 以后 (以後) | yǐ hòu | after; later |
See also: Japanese symbol for “last”.
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.