Level 2 · Elementary
The most: 最
最 + Adj. / 最 + 喜欢 · Traditional: 最 + Adj. / 最 + 喜歡
最 (zuì) in front of an adjective makes it "the most": 最好 "the best", 最贵 "the most expensive". No word-ending changes, no "more/most" juggling — just add 最.
It also attaches to feeling verbs: 我最喜欢… "my favorite is…" (literally "I most like").
Examples
这里的菜最好吃。
這裡的菜最好吃。
zhè lǐ de cài zuì hǎo chī
The food here is the best.
我最喜欢吃面条。
我最喜歡吃麵條。
wǒ zuì xǐ huan chī miàn tiáo
Noodles are my favorite food.
他是我们家最高的人。
他是我們家最高的人。
tā shì wǒ men jiā zuì gāo de rén
He's the tallest person in our family.
谁的中文最好？
誰的中文最好？
shéi de zhōng wén zuì hǎo
Whose Chinese is the best?
Related grammar points
Practice this pattern in graded stories like Best Friends, The Photo Shop (Part 7), The Nian Monster (年兽) inside the Literate Chinese app.
