下周 meaning in English

xià zhōu

next week

HSK 2Traditional 下週11 strokes

Meaning of 下周

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàzhōu

next week

How to use 下周

下周 is a time word meaning next week, and it usually goes before the verb or at the start of the sentence. Example: 我下周去北京。(Wǒ xià zhōu qù Běijīng.) I am going to Beijing next week.

下 (xià) means down or below, and 周 (zhōu) means week. Picture the calendar: next week sits one row down from this week, so 下周 is the week below.

Common mistake: Learners often put the time word at the end like English, saying 我去北京下周. In Chinese, 下周 should come before the verb: 我下周去北京. Also, last week is 上周 (shàng zhōu), not 前周.

下周 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ儿ér子zi下xià周zhōu要yào去qù法fǎ国guó了le。

My son is going to leave for France next week.

下xià周zhōu日rì将jiāng有yǒu一yī场cháng音yīn乐yuè会huì。

There will be a concert next Sunday.

我wǒ下xià周zhōu要yào回huí马mǎ来lái西xī亚yà。

I'm going back to Malaysia next week.

我wǒ们men将jiāng于yú下xià周zhōu日rì结jié婚hūn。

We are to be married next Sunday.

下xià周zhōu我wǒ们men要yào去qù看kàn望wàng我wǒ们men的de老lǎo师shī。

We will visit our teacher next week.

Stroke order for each character

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下 xià · down · 3 strokes

周 zhōu · week · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 下周.

坐下	zuò xia	to sit down
下次	xià cì	next time
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon; p.m.
下车	xià chē	to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下	lóu xià	downstairs
下班	xiàbān	to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain
下课	xiàkè	to finish class; to get out of class
下边	xiàbian	under; the underside
一下儿	yīxiàr	erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
留下	liúxia	to leave behind; to stay behind
放下	fàngxia	to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside

Questions about 下周

What does 下周 mean?

下周 (xià zhōu) means "next week".

How do you write 下周?

下周 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 周 (8 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 下周 an HSK word?

Yes. 下周 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 下周 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 下周 is written 下週.

What is the difference between 下周 and 下个星期?

They mean the same thing, next week. 下个星期 (xià ge xīngqī) is very common in everyday speech, while 下周 is a bit shorter and appears often in writing and schedules. Note that 下周 does not take 个.

How do I say a specific day next week, like next Monday?

Put the day right after 下周: 下周一 (xià zhōu yī) is next Monday, and 下周五 (xià zhōu wǔ) is next Friday. You can also say 下星期一 (xià xīngqī yī).