科学上网

科學上網

kēxué shàngwǎng

phrase

Meanings

1 to bypass internet censorship
2 'scientific' internet access (euphemism for using a VPN)

Characters

science (branch)

Examples

学会科学上网对程序员很重要。

Xuéhuì kēxué shàngwǎng duì chéngxùyuán hěn zhòngyào.

Learning to 'scientifically access the internet' is important for programmers.

他问我怎么科学上网。

Tā wèn wǒ zěnme kēxué shàngwǎng.

He asked me how to get past the firewall.

Tips

culture

A tongue-in-cheek euphemism for 翻墙 ('climbing the wall'). Literally 'scientific internet access' — the joke is that accessing the open internet is treated as a technical, reasonable, almost educational activity. Used to evade keyword filters on Chinese platforms.

register

Very common in tech circles and among students abroad. Safer to type than 翻墙 on censored platforms, but everyone knows exactly what it means.

Stroke Order

科 kē

学 xué

上 shàng

网 wǎng