Chinese symbol for “paramount”
至上
zhì shàng
supreme; paramount; above all else
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paramount is 至上 (zhì shàng), defined as: supreme; paramount; above all else.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “paramount”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 至上.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | so far; to this day |
| 至于 (至於) | zhì yú | as for; as to |
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 日至 | rì zhì | solstice; the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至 |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paramount”.
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.