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HSK 2 · Times of day & week

上周

shàng zhōu

last week

Stroke order of 上周

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

上 · 3 strokes周 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

上 points up, and 周 is the week: the week above, before this one.

Parts: 上 previous/above + 周 week

The characters in 上周

  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)
  • 周 zhōu — week (8 strokes)

Example sentence

上周我去了北京。

I went to Beijing last week.

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)早上early morning晚上evening楼上upstairs上学to go to school上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time

Words with 周

周week周末weekend下周next week周年anniversary周围surroundings; around

More words: Times of day & week

半夜midnight夜night夜里at night早晨early morning晚安good night午睡afternoon nap周week周末weekend下周next week周年anniversary月份month前年the year before last全年the whole year分钟minute刻quarter (of an hour)

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