最高

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Chinese

(the) most; ‑est high; tall
trad. (最高)
simp. #(最高)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (28)
Final () (26) (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tswajH kaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʷɑiH/ /kɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡swajH/ /kaw/
Li
Rong
/t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Wang
Li
/t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuì gāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zeoi3 gou1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zuì gāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ tswajH › ‹ kaw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁot-s/ /*Cə.ˁaw/
English collect; most high, tall

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10645 3726
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zloːds/ /*kaːw/

Adjective

最高

  1. highest; supreme; tallest; maximum; top
    最高學歷最高学历  ―  zuìgāo xuélì  ―  highest qualification
    最高立法機關最高立法机关  ―  zuìgāo lìfǎ jīguān  ―  top legislative body
    達到歷史最高达到历史最高  ―  dádào lìshǐ zuìgāo  ―  to reach an all-time high
    最高人民法院  ―  Zuìgāo Rénmín Fǎyuàn  ―  The Supreme People's Court
    最高人民檢察院最高人民检察院  ―  Zuìgāo Rénmín Jiǎncháyuàn  ―  The Supreme People's Procuratorate

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Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (最高):
  • Japanese: 最高(さいこう) (saikō) (see there for further descendants)
  • Korean: 최고(最高) (choego) (see there for further descendants)
  • Vietnamese: tối cao (最高)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(sai-, most) +‎ (, high)

Pronunciation

Noun

(さい)(こう) (saikō

  1. the highest; the best; supreme; the greatest
    Antonym: 最低 (saitei)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

最高 (choego) (hangeul 최고)

  1. hanja form? of 최고 (the highest)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

最高

  1. chữ Hán form of tối cao (highest; supreme).