上网

• 拼音: shàng wǎng
• 汉字拆解: 上 = to go on; 网 = 冂 + メメ, a pictograph of a net or web

含义

To go online; to use the internet. The standard expression for accessing the internet.

A verb-object compound for using the internet, whether browsing, chatting, shopping online, or using social media. Very common in modern Chinese daily life. Can be used alone or with purpose, e.g. 上网买东西 (shop online), 上网查一下 (look it up online).

例句

1. 我每天都上网。
2. 你可以上网查一下。
3. 他喜欢上网看视频。

用法指南

语境: technology, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你在上网吗？(Are you online?)
• 上网看看有没有。(Check online to see if there is any.)

错误说法

• 我上了网络。(Unnatural — say 我上了网 or 我上网了, not 网络)

起源与历史

A compound of 上 (to go onto) and 网 (net/network), literally 'to go onto the net' — coined when the internet became popular in China in the late 1990s.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal