上个月 (shàng gè yuè) — last month | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

last month

上个月。
shàng gè yuè Wǒ qù le běi jīng lǚ xíng.
I went to Beijing for a trip last month.
上个月。
shàng gè yuè De fáng zū wǒ yǐ jīng fù le.
I have already paid last month's rent.
上个月。
Tā shàng gè yuè hái zài shàng hǎi gōng zuò.
He was still working in Shanghai last month.

Characters in this word

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 個; 个 is its simplified writing.

亻固個

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

固

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 个, the form 個 pairs 亻 (person) with 固 as a sound part.

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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