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HSK 1 · How much & how often

最好

zuì hǎo

best; had better

Stroke order of 最好

2 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

最 · 12 strokes好 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

最 has a sun 日 over a taken 取 prize: the top pick; 好 is woman 女 with child 子.

Parts: 最 most + 好 good

The characters in 最好

  • 最 zuì — most (12 strokes)
  • 好 hǎo — good; well (6 strokes)

Example sentence

你最好早点儿睡。

You had better sleep a bit earlier.

Words with 最

最most最后finally; last最近recently

Words with 好

好good; well好吃tasty; delicious好看good-looking好听pleasant to hear好玩儿fun; interesting爱好hobby; to like好人good person好久a long time好多many; a lot挺好quite good不好意思sorry; embarrassed友好friendly好像to seem; to look like好处advantage; benefit好事good thing正好just right; happen to好好well; properly只好to have no choice but to

More words: How much & how often

很very太too (much); extremely非常very; extremely最most一点儿a little常often常常often有时sometimes有时候sometimes次time (occurrence)上次last time下次next time最后finally; last

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