最
Meaning
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
- (after 之) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world")
Example sentence
你是最高的。
You're the tallest one.
The character 最
最 makes the superlative and stands in front of what it lifts: 最好, 最后, 最近, 最大. Chinese has no -est ending, so this one word carries every superlative in the language.