上次

shàng

Traditional: 上次

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Translation

last time

Word origin

A compound of 上 (shàng, above or previous), an ideograph of a mark above a baseline, and 次 (cì, occurrence or time). Together they mean the previous occasion, hence last time.

Origin
compound
Root
上 (shàng, previous) + 次 (cì, occurrence)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 上

Stroke order for 次

Examples

We met here last time.

I did not do well on the last exam.

This is much better than last time.

I remember what you said last time.

jīng

The last time I went to Beijing was last year.

上次 (shàng cì) means last time. It is a time word referring to the most recent previous occasion.

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This word is part of lesson 21.