最後
See also: 最后
Chinese edit
(the) most; ‑est | back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later | ||
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trad. (最後) | 最 | 後 | |
simp. (最后) | 最 | 后 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
最後
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 最後 (“the last; in the end”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 最後 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 最後 |
Singapore | 最後 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 最後 |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 最後 | |
Southern Min | Taipei | 最後 GT, 煞尾 GT, 落尾手 GT |
Penang (Hokkien) | 尾 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 落尾 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 落尾 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 壓末, 着末腳, 最後, 拉末 |
Ningbo | 壓末, 頂壓末, 壓煞 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Antonyms edit
- 最先 (zuìxiān)
Adverb edit
最後
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- 起初 (qǐchū)
Noun edit
最後
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 最後的晚餐/最后的晚餐 (Zuìhòu de Wǎncān)
- 最後通牒/最后通牒 (zuìhòutōngdié)
- 壓倒駱駝的最後一根草/压倒骆驼的最后一根草 (yādǎo luòtuo de zuìhòu yī gēn cǎo)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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最 | 後 |
さい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- last, end, conclusion
- last, final
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with "最期 (saigo)". "最後" means "end of something", "最期" means "end of life".
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Common
- 最後尾 (さいこうび, saikōbi): end of a queue
- 最後の最後に (さいごのさいごに, saigo no saigo ni): final performance
- 最後の舞台 (さいごのぶたい, saigo no butai): at the last moment
Uncommon
- 最後の審判 (さいごのしんぱん, saigo no shinpan): Final Judgement
- 最後通告 (さいごつうこく, saigo tsūkoku): final warning; ultimatum
- 最後発 (さいこうはつ, saikō hatsu): last entrant
- 最後まで (さいごまで, saigo made): to the end, to the last
- 最後列 (さいこうれつ, saikō retsu): last row
- 最後列車 (さいごれっしゃ, saigo ressha): last train
- 最後に笑うものが最もよく笑う (さいごにわらうものがもっともよくわらう, saigo ni warau mono ga mottomo yoku warau): "He who laughs last laughs hardest"
Rare
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN