联网

聯網

liánwǎng

verb HSK 7-9 #22,463

Meanings

1 to connect to a network
2 to be networked

Characters

to connect; to link

Examples

HSK 3

这台电脑还没联网。

Zhè tái diànnǎo hái méi liánwǎng.

This computer isn't connected to the network yet.

HSK 3

互联网改变了我们的生活。

Hùliánwǎng gǎibiàn le wǒmen de shēnghuó.

The Internet has changed our lives.

Tips

usage

互联网 (hùliánwǎng) = Internet, 物联网 (wùliánwǎng) = Internet of Things (IoT). 联网 on its own means to connect to a network, often used as a verb-object phrase.

Stroke Order

联 lián

网 wǎng