下月 (xià yuè) — next month | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

next month

Examples

下月。
Wǒ xià yuè yào qù běi jīng lǚ xíng.
I'm going to travel to Beijing next month.
下月。
xià yuè De huì yì dìng zài xīng qī sān.
Next month's meeting is set for Wednesday.
下月。
Wǒ men xià yuè zài jiàn ba.
Let's meet again next 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.

'下' points to the month after the present one, while '月' supplies the time unit.

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

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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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