English–Chinese

“last month” in Chinese

Chinese

Also上月 (shàng yuè)

Pinyinshàng gè yuè

上个月天气一直很冷。shàng gè yuè tiān qì yì zhí hěn lěng

Last month, the weather stayed cold the whole time.

“Last month” in Chinese is 上个月 (shàng gè yuè).

The complete calendar month immediately before the current one.

上个月发生了一件有趣的事。shàng gè yuè fā shēng le yí jiàn yǒu qù de shì

An interesting thing happened last month.

In everyday English, "last month" usually names the previous calendar month, but "in the last month" can also describe a rolling period of about thirty days, so the surrounding phrase matters.

shàng yuè

nounlast month

上月我去了北京。shàng yuè wǒ qù le běi jīng

I went to Beijing last month.