上网 shàng wǎng
“to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet”
verb, verb / nounHSK 3 · 2021 list level 1Traditional 上網
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
上网 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 428: 上网 shàngwǎng — Level 2; official annotation 2 (动). PDF page 90
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 上网
上网 means “to go online” or “to use the internet”. It is a verb-object compound and does not take an object, so what you do online comes as a second verb phrase: 上网看新闻, 上网买东西. It commonly follows time or place words (每天晚上上网, 在家里上网) and is often negated with 不能上网 when there is no connection.
例句Example sentences
- 我每天晚上上网看新闻。wǒ měi tiān wǎn shàng shàng wǎng kàn xīn wén.I go online every evening to read the news.
- 这里没有网，不能上网。zhè lǐ méi yǒu wǎng, bù néng shàng wǎng.There's no internet here, so you can't go online.
- 他上网买了一件衣服。tā shàng wǎng mǎi le yí jiàn yī fu.He went online and bought a piece of clothing.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗我喜欢在网上网买东西。
✓我喜欢在网上买东西。
网上 already means “on the internet”; the extra 网 after 在网上 is redundant and makes the phrase ungrammatical.