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

这台电脑还没联网。

Zhè tái diànnǎo hái méi liánwǎng.

This computer isn't connected to the network yet.

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