下星期 (xià xīng qī) — next week | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

next week

Examples

下星期。
Wǒ xià xīng qī yào qù běi jīng chū chāi.
I'm going to Beijing on a business trip next week.
下星期。
xià xīng qī Sān shì wǒ de shēng rì.
Next Wednesday is my birthday.
下星期。
Wǒ men xià xīng qī kāi shǐ fàng shǔ jià.
We start summer vacation next week.

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.

星期

星xīngstar期qīperiod

偏正Modifier + head

下 means next and 星期 means week, so it is the week after this one.

Characters in this word

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.

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

晶晶jīngtwinkling stars
生生shēng

The top of 星 is a later simplified form of 晶, twinkling stars; the bottom 生 shows the sound.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí期qī

Same sound today

The original form paired 其 for its sound with 日 (sun). A related form changed that sun to 月, and this later developed into 期.

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