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Chinese symbol for “ultimatum”

最后通牒
zuì hòu tōng dié
Traditional: 最後通牒
ultimatum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ultimatum is 最后通牒 (zuì hòu tōng dié), defined as: ultimatum.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

最 zuì
most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative
radical 13 ⼌ · 12 strokes
后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
牒 dié
documents, records; to dispatch
radical 91 ⽚ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ultimatum”

WordPinyinMeaning
哀的美敦书 (哀的美敦書)āi dì měi dūn shū(loanword) (old) ultimatum

Related words

Other words that share a character with 最后通牒.

WordPinyinMeaning
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
最近zuì jìnrecently; soon
最终 (最終)zuì zhōngfinal; ultimate
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
最佳zuì jiāoptimum; optimal
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
通牒tōng diédiplomatic note

See also: Japanese symbol for “ultimatum”.

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.