{"id":3261,"date":"2019-11-08T20:26:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-the-quot-zui-quot-superlative\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T20:26:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:26:50","slug":"chinese-grammar-the-quot-zui-quot-superlative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-grammar-the-quot-zui-quot-superlative\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar: The &quot;zui&quot; superlative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">The most common way to form a superlative (best, worst, fattest, most complex, etc.) in Chinese is to use \u6700 (zu&igrave;) before an adjective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Basic Structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u6700+Adjective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">And now you have the superlative form of the adjective. Unlike in English, this structure is co<em><\/em>nsistent for all adjectives in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Examples:<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">T\u0101 zu&igrave; b&egrave;n.<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u4ed6 \u6700 \u7b28\u3002<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(0, 98, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">He is the dumbest.<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Optio<em><\/em>nal \u4e0d\u8fc7\u4e86(b&uacute;\u0261u&ograve;le):<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  <\/strong>Occasio<em><\/em>nally you&#8217;ll also see a &quot;\u4e0d\u8fc7\u4e86&quot; or just a &quot;\u4e86&quot; added after the adjective. This adds emphasis to the &quot;-est.&quot;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\u6700+Adjective+\uff08\u4e0d\u8fc7\u4e86\uff09<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Examples:<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">T\u0101 zu&igrave; c\u014dn\u0261m&iacute;n\u0261 b&uacute;\u0261u&ograve;le.<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u4ed6 \u6700 \u806a\u660e \u4e0d\u8fc7\u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(0, 98, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">He is the smartest.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">W\u01d2 zu&igrave; \u0261\u0101o le.<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u6211 \u6700 \u9ad8 \u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(0, 98, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; 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