上网 (上網)
shàng wǎng
Pinyin

Definition

上网 (上網)
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shàng wǎng
  1. to go online
  2. to connect to the Internet
  3. (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet
  4. (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud

Sample Sentences

我爸也都说我不用功，每天只知道上网玩游戏。
wǒ bà yě dōu shuō wǒ bú yònggōng ，měitiān zhǐ zhīdào shàngwǎng wán yóuxì 。
My dad says I'm lazy too and that every day I play games online.
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行了行了！你谦虚点，这些还用你说吗？我早就下载好旅游攻略软件，谁还上网扒攻略呢！
xíng le xíng le ！nǐ qiānxū diǎnr ，zhèxiē hái yòng nǐ shuō ma ？wǒ zǎo jiù xiàzǎi hǎo lǚyóu gōngluè ruǎnjiàn ，shéi hái shàngwǎng pá gōngluè ne ！
OK! OK! Can you be a little bit more modest? I don't need to hear all this from you, do I? I downloaded a trip planning app ages ago, who still goes on the internet to plan their trip?
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八零后”是垮掉的一代，说他们大多是独生子女，所以娇生惯养，自私，不懂责任和分享。“九零后”是脑残的一代，只懂上网玩游戏，没理想，没追求。
bālínghòu ”shì kuǎdiàodeyīdài ，shuō tāmen dàduō shì dúshēngzǐnǚ ，suǒyǐ jiāoshēngguànyǎng ，zìsī ，bù dǒng zérèn hé fēnxiǎng 。“jiǔlínghòu ”shì nǎocán de yī dài ，zhī dǒng shàngwǎng wán yóuxì ，méi lǐxiǎng ，méi zhuīqiú 。
The generation born in the 80s is China's broken generation, because the majority of them were born as only children, so they are spoilt, entitled and selfish, with little understanding of responsibility or sharing. The generation born in the 90s is the bonehead generation. They spend all their time playing video games and have no ideals or ambitions.
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你说的现象确实存在，但我还是觉得不能以偏废全，不是每个上网的人都没在现实中好好过自己的人生啊！我今天不就好好地和你吃了一顿“情感真挚”的饭吗？
nǐshuōde xiànxiàng quèshí cúnzài ，dàn wǒ háishì juéde bùnéng yǐpiānfèi quán ，bùshì měige shàngwǎng de rén dōu méi zài xiànshí zhōng hǎohāo guò zìjǐ de rénshēng ā ！wǒ jīntiān bù jiù hǎohāo de hé nǐ chī le yīdùn dùn “qínggǎn zhēnzhì ”de fàn ma ？
These phenomena really do exist, but I still think you can't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Not everyone who goes online spends their lives outside of reality! Didn't I ask you to come eat with me for a properly "sincere" meal today.
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官员又失言，日前地方首长视察水灾受灾地区时，一句“叫我来能做什么？”引起轩然大波，网民纷纷上网留言，表示应该选他为“年度最诚实官员”，今天稍早，于县府召开记者会，我们来看看现场的画面。
guānyuán yòu shīyán ，rìqián dìfang shǒucháng shìchá shuǐzāi shòuzāi dìqū shí ，yī jù “jiào wǒ lái néng zuò shénme ？”yǐnqǐ xuānrándàbō ，wǎngmín fēnfēn shàngwǎng liúyán ，biǎoshì yīnggāi xuǎn tā wèi “niándù zuì chéngshí guānyuán ”，jīntiān shāozǎo ，yú xiànfǔ zhàokāi jìzhěhuì ，wǒmen lái kàn kan xiànchǎng de huàmiàn 。
Another official has been shooting his mouth off recently, with the line "What did you expect me to be able to do when you asked me to come here?" whilst visiting an area affected by floods creating a storm of comments online, with netizens saying that he should be voted the most honest official of the year. Let's have a look at the press conference called by the county government.
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你这人简直莫名其妙，你都可以少算一个人六十块的低消了，差个两块钱倒要打电话问老板？根本黑店，不喝了，我们走，一会儿就上网替你这黑店“宣传宣传，哼！
nǐ zhè rén jiǎnzhí mòmíngqímiào ，nǐ dōu kěyǐ shǎo suàn yí ge rén liùshí kuài de dīxiāo le ，chā gè liǎng kuài qián dào yào dǎ diànhuà wèn lǎobǎn ？gēnběn hēi ，bù hē le ，wǒmen zǒu ，yīhuǐr jiù shàngwǎng tì nǐ zhè hēidiàn “xuānchuánxuānchuán ，hèng ！
You're simply too much, you can count two people as one for the minimum order requirement, but you have to call your boss over RMB2? This is daylight robbery, I'm not drinking your coffee, we're going, I'll make sure and get the word out about the scam you have running here online, hmph!
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先戴一下吧。有比没有好。你赶紧上网买一些防雾霾的口罩。
xiān dài yīxià ba 。yǒu bǐ méiyǒu hǎo 。nǐ gǎnjǐn shàngwǎng mǎi yīxiē fáng wùmái de kǒuzhào 。
Let's wear these for now. They're better than nothing. You should get online soon and buy some face masks resistant to the smog.
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得赶紧上网发广告，再晚了就租不到好的了。我可不想随便带个歪瓜劣枣的回去。
děi gǎnjǐn shàngwǎng fā guǎnggào ，zài wǎn le jiù zūbùdào hǎo de le 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng suíbiàn dài gè wāiguālièzǎo de huíqu 。
You should get online quick and put up an ad. If you wait too long, then you won't be able to rent a good one. I don't want to just randomly take home somebody all ugly.
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上网”的“网”是第三声，网，上网。
shàngwǎng ”de “wǎng ”shì dì sān shēng ，wǎng ，shàngwǎng 。
The “wǎng” in “shàngwǎng” is the third tone, “wǎng”, “shàngwǎng”.
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上网。
shàngwǎng 。
“Shàngwǎng”.
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