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网

wǎng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 網

网 (wǎng) means "net; network". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 网 means

1. net; web
2. network
3. to net; to catch with a net

Example sentences

• 我上网了。
  I am online.
• 网速很慢。
  Internet is very slow.
• 他在上网。
  He is on the Internet.
• 网站好吗？
  Is the website good?
• 我会打网球。
  I can play tennis.
• 你打网球吗？
  Do you play tennis?

Words starting with 网

• 网络wǎng luònetwork (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)
• 网站wǎng zhànwebsite
• 网友wǎng yǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet user
• 网上wǎng shàngonline
• 网球wǎng qiútennis; tennis ball
• 网页wǎng yèweb page
• 网址wǎng zhǐweb address; URL
• 网吧wǎng bāInternet café
• 网管wǎng guǎnnetwork management; webmaster
• 网点wǎng diǎnbranch; service outlet (of a bank, retail store etc); (printing) halftone dot…
• 网球场wǎng qiú chǎngtennis court
• 网罗wǎng luónet for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare…
• 网格wǎng gégrid; mesh; lattice
• 网际wǎng jìInternet; net; cyber-
• 网开一面wǎng kāi yī miànopen the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly…
• 网下wǎng xià(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)
• 网安wǎng āncybersecurity (abbr. for 网络安全
• 网文wǎng wénonline literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 网络文学
• 网民wǎng mínnetizen; Internet user; online community member
• 网特wǎng tèanonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator (abbr. for 网络特工
• 网目wǎng mùmesh
• 网通Wǎng tōngChina Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
• 网关wǎng guānnetwork router; gateway (to Internet or between networks)
• 网店wǎng diànonline shop

Words containing 网

• 上网shàng wǎngto go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the…
• 互联网Hù lián wǎngInternet
• 新闻网xīn wén wǎngnews agency
• 因特网Yīn tè wǎngInternet
• 联网lián wǎngto connect (or be connected) to a network; to network
• 铁丝网tiě sī wǎngwire netting
• 落网luò wǎng(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net; (of a tennis ball) to hit the net…
• 局域网jú yù wǎnglocal area network (LAN)
• 电网diàn wǎngelectricity grid; power grid; electrified wire netting
• 一网打尽yī wǎng dǎ jìnlit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot…
• 打网dǎ wǎngto net sth; to catch sth with a net
• 视网膜shì wǎng móretina
• 法网fǎ wǎngthe net of justice; the long arm of the law
• 情网qíng wǎngsnare of love
• 蜘蛛网zhī zhū wǎngcobweb; spider web
• 蛛网zhū wǎngspider web; cobweb
• 互联网络hù lián wǎng luònetwork
• 互联网站hù lián wǎng zhànInternet site
• 关系网guān xi wǎngnetwork of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll…
• 万维网Wàn wéi wǎngWorld Wide Web
• 广播网guǎng bō wǎngnetwork
• 下网xià wǎngto cast a fishing net; (computing) to go offline
• 全网quán wǎngthe entire Internet
• 公网gōng wǎng(computing) public network; wide area network; Internet

Characters that look like 网

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 删shānto delete
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge; to dash
• 闰rùnintercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar…

Sounds the same

Read wǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 往to go (in a direction); to; towards
• 枉to twist; crooked; unjust
• 罔to deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 惘disappointed; perplexed
• 辋tire; wheel band
• 魍used in 魍魉
• 罒net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 罓net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 蝄used in 蝄蜽
• 蛧old variant of 魍

Where 网 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 26 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wǎng correctly.
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