上
旬

First third of a month in Chinese: 上旬 (shàng xún)

shàng xún

first third of a month

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Definitions

  1. 1first third of a month

Stroke order

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上
旬

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄩㄣˊ

xún

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他打算下个月上旬回国。

    tā dǎ suàn xià gè yuè shàng xún huí guó。

    He plans to return to the country in the first ten days of next month.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

中旬

zhōng xún

middle third of a month

车上

chē shàng

Car

地上

dì shang

on the ground

关上

guān shàng

to close (a door)

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