How to Say ‘Next Tuesday’ in Simplified Chinese
下周二
xià zhōu èr
[xià zhōu'èr]
💬 Usage Tip: Days of the week are numbered from Monday: 周一 is Monday, 周二 is Tuesday, and so on. Sunday is the odd one out, 周日 (zhōu rì). 下 means "next" and 上 means "last", so 上周二 is "last Tuesday".
Phrase Breakdown
下
xià
[xià]
next
Used before time words to mean the following one.
下个星期见。
See you next week.
周二
zhōu èr
[zhōu'èr]
Tuesday
The second day of the week; 周 means week.
周二我很忙。
I'm busy on Tuesday.
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