“Last week, this week, next week” and “last m - Cchatty

“Last week, this week, next week” and “last month, this month, next month” follow the same pattern, with shàng 上 indicating “last . . . ,” zhè/zhèi 这 indicating “this . . .,” and xià 下 indicating “next . . .”

last week (month)
shàng(ge) xīngqī
(yuè) 上 (个) 星期 (月)

this week (month)
zhèige xīngqī (yuè)
这个星期 (月)

next week (month)
xià(ge) xīngqī (yuè)
下 (个) 星期 (月)


HOWEVER, days (tiān 天) and years (nián 年), the smallest and largest of the general time words, are expressed similarly to each other but different from weeks and months:

yesterday (last year)
zuótiān (qùnián)
昨天 (去年)

today (this year)
jīntiān (jīnnián)
今天 (今年)

tomorrow (next year)
míngtiān (míngnián)
明天 (明年)