最先

zuìxiān

adverb #7,635

Meanings

HSK 3

谁最先发现了这个问题？

Shéi zuìxiān fāxiàn le zhège wèntí?

Who first discovered this problem?

HSK 4

最先知道消息的人是他。

Zuìxiān zhīdào xiāoxi de rén shì tā.

He was the first person to learn the news.

HSK 6

她最先到达了终点。

Tā zuìxiān dàodá le zhōngdiǎn.

She was the first to reach the finish line.

grammar

最先 emphasizes being the absolute first. Compare with 先 (first/before) which is less emphatic and 首先 which means 'first of all' in listing order.

最 zuì

先 xiān