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上周

shàng zhōu · shang zhou

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Meaning

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  1. last week
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In a conversation

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  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)上周(shàngzhōu)去(qù)哪儿(nǎr)了(le)？

    Where did you go last week?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)上周(shàngzhōu)去(qù)爬山(páshān)了(le)。

    Last week I went hiking.

  3. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？我(wǒ)上周(shàngzhōu)也(yě)去(qù)了(le)！

    Really? I went last week too!

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)怎么(zěnme)没(méi)见到(jiàndào)你(nǐ)？

    Then how come I did not see you?

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)坐(zuò)缆车(lǎnchē)，我(wǒ)走路(zǒulù)。

    You took the cable car and I walked.

  6. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)这样(zhèyàng)！我(wǒ)下山(xiàshān)的时候(deshíhou)你(nǐ)还(hái)在(zài)路上(lùshang)。

    So that is why! When I came down, you were still on the way.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)从(cóng)上(shàng)周(zhōu)一(yī)到(dào)现(xiàn)在(zài)都(dōu)没(méi)来(lái)这(zhè)里(lǐ)。

Tom hasn't been here since Monday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by sharptoothed · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)上(shàng)周(zhōu)去(qù)海(hǎi)边(biān)玩(wán)了(le)两(liǎng)天(tiān)。

We went to the seaside for two days last week.

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上
shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)

周
zhōu

week; weekly

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