HSK 4 · Technology

互联网 hùliánwǎng “the internet” in Chinese

Traditional 互聯網

What 互联网 means

  1. the internet

How to say 互联网

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale互hù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale联lián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale网wǎng3rd tone, dipping

互联网 in a sentence

  1. 互联网是一种无法估量的信息资源。

    Hùliánwǎng shì yì zhǒng wúfǎ gūliang de xìnxī zīyuán.

    The internet is an invaluable source of information.

    Sentence #335324 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 互联网 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 互 (hù) drawn as one shape
互hùmutual

互 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 联 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
联liánto ally oneself with; to unite
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 关frontier pass · guānSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 关 (guān) hints at the sound. Compare it with lián.

The character 网 (wǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
网wǎngnet; web
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 乂to govern · yì
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a net: two sides 冂 with crossed cords 乂 inside. Today it also means the internet.

How to write 互联网

互 4 strokes · 联 12 strokes · 网 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

互联网 (hùliánwǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 互联网 (hùliánwǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 互联网

Words with 互

互相hùxiāng · each other

Words with 联

联系liánxì · to contact联合liánhé · to combine联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)联盟liánméng · alliance对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)

Words with 网

网上wǎngshàng · online上网shàngwǎng · to surf the web网球wǎngqiú · tennis网站wǎngzhàn · website网络wǎngluò · network

More words: Technology & Media

短信duǎnxìn · text message广告guǎnggào · advertisement技术jìshù · technology密码mìmǎ · cipher网站wǎngzhàn · website消息xiāoxi · news信息xìnxī · information占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)

FAQs

互联网 (hùliánwǎng) means “the internet”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hùliánwǎng: hù with a 4th tone, then lián with a 2nd tone, then wǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 互联网 is written 互聯網. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hulianwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 互联网 from the suggestions. Typing hulianwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
互联网 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.