The temporal preposition bis can be followed by temporal adverbs of all kind: bis nachmittags ‎(“until afternoon”), bis jetzt ‎(“until now”). Moreover it can be followed by times, dates, holidays, days of the week, months, or years. The words Woche ‎(“week”), Monat ‎(“month”), and Jahr ‎(“year”), as well as the names of days and months may also be preceded by letzter, voriger, dieser, kommender, or nächster. For example: bis letzte Woche'' ‑ "until last week; bis nächsten Freitag ‎(“until next Friday”).
The local preposition bis can be followed by local adverbs of all kind (e.g. bis hier ‎(“over here”)) and by place names (see above).
In other cases, bis must be followed by another preposition, most commonly zu ‎(“to”): bis zum Sommer ‎(“until summer”); bis zum ersten Freitag im neuen Jahr ‎(“until the first Friday of the new year”); bis zum Hauptbahnhof ‎(“to the main station”). This means that bis is never directly followed by a definite or indefinite article. Sometimes other prepositions may also be used after bis: Er ging bis ans Ufer. ‎(“He went close to the shore”).