网络網絡 wǎngluò — network, internet
wǎngluò (third tone, dipping)wang3luo4
Traditional: 網絡
network, internet
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)noun
Meanings
network, internet
The connected system computers and phones run on — 网 a net, 络 a linking thread. It covers both "the internet" in general and any particular network, and it is what 网上 (online) and 上网 (to go online) are built from.
noun
Example sentences
- 这儿的网络很慢，我不能看电影。這兒的網絡很慢，我不能看電影。Zhèr (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) wǎngluò (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) màn, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànyǐng. (fourth tone, falling)···
The internet here is really slow — I can’t watch movies.
- 现在的孩子花很多时间在网络上。現在的孩子花很多時間在網絡上。Xiànzài (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) háizi (second tone, rising) huā (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) shíjiān (second tone, rising) zài (fourth tone, falling) wǎngluò (third tone, dipping) shàng. (fourth tone, falling)···
Nowadays children spend a lot of time on the internet.
Common mistakes
Not quite我在网络找到了这个消息。
Correct我在网络上找到了这个消息。
网络 needs 上 after it to mean "online" — 在网络 alone names the system, not a place to be "in"; the location reading only appears once 上 turns it into "on the network".