Chinese Conversation · Level 77
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Chinese word
下旬
Pronunciation
Pinyinxià xún
Meaning
- nounlast ten days of the month
Example
我会在下旬给你答复。wǒ huì zài xià xún gěi nǐ dá fù
I will reply to you in the last ten days of the month.
More examples
会议计划在下旬召开。huì yì jì huà zài xià xún zhào kāi
The meeting is scheduled to be held in the last ten days of the month.
Core concept
A month divided into three blocks, with this word marking the final block near the month's end.
Common phrases
本月下旬běn yuè xià xún
the last ten days of this month
在下旬zài xià xún
in the last ten days of the month
下旬举行xià xún jǔ xíng
hold in the last ten days of the month
Similar words
月末yuè mò: The few days at the end of a month, including its final day.
中旬zhōng xún: The middle ten-day section of a month, usually from about the 11th to the 20th.
下半月xià bàn yuè: About half of a month, from its middle to its end.
旬xún: Any period of ten days regarded as one time unit.
Definition in Chinese
表示当月后半靠近月底的一段时间，通常以二十一日至月底为范围，也可泛指月末前的一段时日。biǎo shì dàng yuè hòu bàn kào jìn yuè dǐ de yí duàn shí jiān tōng cháng yǐ èr shí yí rì zhì yuè dǐ wèi fàn wéi yě kě fàn zhǐ yuè mò qián de yí duàn shí rì
Word origin
下 (xià, "later") + 旬 (xún, "a ten-day period") shows how the word names the later ten-day section in the traditional three-part division of a month.
Usage tips
- In everyday plans, it gives a broad time window rather than a specific date, so a reply promised then may arrive on any day from about the 21st to month-end.
Other meanings
- second half of the monthnoun
Opposites
- 上旬shàng xúnthe first ten days of the monthnoun
- 月初yuè chūthe beginning of the monthnoun