上网/上網 shàngwǎng — to go online, to use the internet

Meanings

1. 1

   to go online, to use the internet

   To get on the internet. It is a verb plus its own object (上 "get on" + 网 "net"), so nothing follows it: what you do online is said separately — 上网看新闻.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 上

  shàng (fourth tone, falling)

  above, upper, on top of; to go up, to get on, to attend; last, previous (上个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 我每天上网看新闻。/我每天上網看新聞。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) xīnwén. (first tone, high and level)···

  I go online every day to read the news.

• 这个宾馆上网很方便。/這個賓館上網很方便。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) bīnguǎn (first tone, high and level) shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) fāngbiàn. (first tone, high and level)···

  Getting online at this hotel is very easy.

Similar words

Words containing 上

• 上shàng (fourth tone, falling)on, on top of, above
• 晚上wǎnshang (third tone, dipping)evening, night
• 早上zǎoshang (third tone, dipping)early morning
• 马上/馬上mǎshàng (third tone, dipping)at once, right away, immediately
• 上午shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling)morning (before noon)
• 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work