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
• 身上shēn (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone)on the body
• 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
• 实际上/實際上shí (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
• 上面shàng (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)on top of
• 事实上/事實上shì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
• 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
• 加上jiā (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)plus
• 上午shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling)morning (before noon)
• 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
• 车上/車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
• 以上yǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling)that level or higher
• 上去shàng (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go up
• 地上dì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the ground
• 上周shàng (fourth tone, falling) zhōu (first tone, high and level)last week