上上

shàngshàng

adjective

Meanings

HSK 2

我上上个月去过一次北京。

Wǒ shàngshàng ge yuè qù guo yí cì Běijīng.

I went to Beijing once, the month before last.

HSK 7-9

她在庙里求到了一支上上签。

Tā zài miào lǐ qiúdào le yì zhī shàngshàng qiān.

At the temple she drew a fortune slip of the very best kind.

HSK 7-9

庙里的签分上上、上、中、下、下下五等。

Miào lǐ de qiān fēn shàngshàng, shàng, zhōng, xià, xiàxià wǔ děng.

Temple fortune slips come in five grades: best, good, middling, poor and worst.

usage

Before a time word 上上 means 'before last' and 下下 'after next': 上上周 'the week before last', 下下周 'the week after next', 上上个月 'the month before last'.

上 shàng