HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

网上 wǎngshàng “online” in Chinese

Traditional 網上

What 网上 means

  1. online

How to say 网上

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale网wǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th tone, falling

网上 in a sentence

  1. 我在网上买了一本书。

    Wǒ zài wǎngshàng mǎi le yì běn shū.

    I bought a book online.

    Sentence #8767481 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他总是在网上。

    Tā zǒngshì zài wǎngshàng.

    He is always online.

    Sentence #3686664 from Tatoeba

  3. 这是你在网上找到的吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ zài wǎngshàng zhǎodào de ma?

    Did you find this online?

    Sentence #12080579 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 网上 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 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.

The character 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

How to write 网上

网 6 strokes · 上 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 网上

Words with 网

上网shàngwǎng · to surf the web网球wǎngqiú · tennis网站wǎngzhàn · website互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet网络wǎngluò · network

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

More words: Places & Getting Around

上来shànglái · to come up上去shàngqù · to go up外国wàiguó · foreign (country)外面wàimiàn · outside下去xiàqù · to go down走路zǒulù · to walk中zhōng · middle汽车qìchē · car

FAQs

网上 (wǎngshàng) means “online”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it wǎngshàng: wǎng with a 3rd tone, then shàng with a 4th 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, 网上 is written 網上. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wangshang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 网上 from the suggestions. Typing wangshang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
网上 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.