上次 (shàng cì) — last time, previous occasion

Definition

noun
last timeprevious occasion

Examples

  • 上次
    shàng cì De shì qing wǒ yǐ jīng wàng le.
    I've already forgotten about last time.
  • 上次
    Zhè cì bǐ sài bǐ shàng cì nán duō le.
    This competition is much harder than the last one.
  • 上次
    Nǐ shàng cì shuō de fāng fǎ hěn yǒu xiào.
    The method you mentioned last time was very effective.

Origin

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.

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

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

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Grammar

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