HSK 1 · Phones & media

网上

wǎng shang

online

Stroke order of 网上

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

网 · 6 strokes 上 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

网 looks like a fishing net with crosshatch lines, 上 means on top: on the web.

Parts: 网 net (pictograph of a net) + 上 above

The characters in 网上

网 wǎng — net; internet (6 strokes)
上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)

Example sentence

我在网上买东西。

I buy things online.

Words with 网

上网to go online 网友online friend 网net; internet 网站website 网球tennis 互联网internet

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)早上early morning 晚上evening 楼上upstairs 上学to go to school 上课to attend class 上班to go to work 身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online 上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus 路上on the way 上up; on; above 上边above; top 地上on the ground 关上to close; to turn off 上次last time 马上immediately; right away

More words: Phones & media

电electricity 电话telephone 打电话to make a phone call 手机mobile phone 电脑computer 电视television 电视机TV set 上网to go online 网友online friend 电影movie; film 电影院cinema

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