上月 (shàng yuè) — last month | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

last month

Examples

上月。
Wǒ shàng yuè qù le shàng hǎi chū chāi.
I went to Shanghai on a business trip last month.
上月。
shàng yuè De yè jì bǐ zhè ge yuè hǎo.
Last month's performance was better than this month's.
上月？
Nǐ shàng yuè yǒu méi yǒu shōu dào nà fēng xìn?
Did you receive that letter last month?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

上shàngprevious

上 means previous, 月 means month; together last month.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

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