How to Say ‘Last week’ in Traditional Chinese
上禮拜
shàng lǐ bài
[shahng lǐbài]
💬 Usage Tip: 禮拜 (lǐ bài) is the everyday spoken word for "week" in Taiwan, more common in speech than 星期. 上 "last" and 下 "next" go in front of it: 下禮拜 (xià lǐ bài) "next week".
Phrase Breakdown
上
shàng
[shahng]
last; previous
Used before time words to mean the one before now.
上個月你很忙。
You were very busy last month.
禮拜
lǐ bài
[lǐbài]
week
Colloquial word for week, common in Taiwan.
下禮拜我要出國。
I'm going abroad next week.
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