上星期有五個人缺課。

Last week five students were absent from class.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 上星期 shàngxīngqī
  1. last week
  2. previous week
=2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=2 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3 五 wǔ
  1. five
  2. 5
4 個人 gèrén
  1. individual
  2. personal
  3. oneself
5 缺課 quēkè to be absent from class