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On the internet in Chinese

on the internet · HSK 2

网上 wǎng shàng

  1. 网 wǎng net
  2. 上 shàng up

我常常在网上买东西。 I often shop online.

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How do you say on the internet in Chinese?

On the internet in Chinese is 网上 (wǎng shàng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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