科学上网

科學上網
kēxuéshàngwǎng
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

Xuéhuì kēxuéshàngwǎng duì chéngxùyuán hěn zhòngyào.
Learning to 'scientifically access the internet' is important for programmers.
Tā wèn wǒ zěnme kēxuéshàngwǎng.
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

xué
shàng
wǎng