Chinese word

上个月

Pronunciation

Pinyinshàng gè yuè

Meaning

  • nounlast month

Example

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.

Illustration for 上个月 (last month)

More examples

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.

Core concept

The complete calendar month immediately before the current one.

Common phrases

  • 上个月以来shàng gè yuè yǐ lái

    since last month

  • 在上个月发生zài shàng gè yuè fā shēng

    happen last month

Similar words

前个月qián gè yuè: Means the month directly before the month now in progress.
这个月zhè ge yuè: Means the month currently in progress at the time of speaking.
本月běn yuè: Means the current month in formal documents and official language.
下个月xià gè yuè: Means the whole calendar month that will come after the current month.

Definition in Chinese

指从本月往前推的一个自然月，常用来指代刚过去的那段时间。zhǐ cóng běn yuè wǎng qián tuī de yí gè zì rán yuè cháng yòng lái zhǐ dài gāng guò qù de nà duàn shí jiān

Word origin

上 (shàng, "previous") + 个 (gè, "classifier") + 月 (yuè, "month") combines to mark one whole month before the present month.

Usage tips

  • 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.

Opposites

Word lists with this word