末

Meaning(locality, vocab.word.pos.g)

tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man

Common: 周末, 月末, 年末, 期末.

Examples

• 这个周末你有空吗？

  zhè ge zhōu mò nǐ yǒu kōng ma?

  Are you free this weekend?

• 我们月末发工资。

  wǒ men yuè mò fā gōng zī.

  We get paid at the end of the month.

• 期末考试下周开始。

  qī mò kǎo shì xià zhōu kāi shǐ.

  Final exams start next week.

Easily confused

• 未 — Look-alike: 末 (end) has the longer top stroke; 未 (not yet) the longer lower stroke.

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