How to Say ‘Next week’ in Traditional Chinese
下週
xià zhōu
[shyah joe]
💬 Usage Tip: [下週] goes before the rest of the sentence to set the time: [下週阿姨要辦生日聚餐]. You can use the same pattern with [今天] or [明年].
Phrase Breakdown
下
xià
[shyah]
next; upcoming
When used with time words, it means the following one in time.
下星期我們回家。
Next week we are going home.
週
zhōu
[joe]
week
A measure word for a seven-day week, commonly used in time expressions.
這週很忙。
This week is very busy.
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