Chinese word

上次

Pronunciation

Pinyinshàng cì

Meaning

  • nounlast time

Example

你上次为什么没来？nǐ shàng cì wèi shén me méi lái

Why didn't you come last time?

Illustration for 上次 (last time)

More examples

我们上次见面了。wǒ men shàng cì jiàn miàn le

We met last time.

Core concept

Points back from the present to the immediately preceding occasion in a repeating sequence.

Common phrases

  • 上次见面shàng cì jiàn miàn

    meet last time

Similar words

上一次shàng yí cì: The immediately preceding time that an event, meeting, or activity happened.

Definition in Chinese

表示在当前之前最近的一次（某件事、见面或发生的那一回）。biǎo shì zài dāng qián zhī qián zuì jìn de yí cì mǒu jiàn shì jiàn miàn huò fā shēng de nà yì huí

Word origin

上 (shàng, "above; earlier") places the reference before the present, while 次 (cì, "occasion") counts one event in a sequence.

Usage tips

  • This word can refer to the previous meeting, trip, lesson, or other event, not only to a day, which helps make its time reference fit many situations.

Other meanings

  • the other daynoun

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