上旬

shàngxún

noun HSK 7-9 #89,537

Meanings

会议安排在三月上旬。

Huìyì ānpái zài sānyuè shàngxún.

The meeting is scheduled for early March.

上旬的天气比较冷。

Shàngxún de tiānqì bǐjiào lěng.

The weather in the first ten days was quite cold.

usage

Chinese divides each month into three ten-day periods: 上旬 (1st-10th), 中旬 (11th-20th), 下旬 (21st-end). Very common in news and formal writing.

上 shàng

旬 xún