网关

網關
wǎngguān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 gateway
  2. 2 network gateway
  3. 3 router (to another network)

Examples

Mòrèn wǎngguān shèzhì cuò le, suǒyǐ shàng bù liǎo wǎng.
The default gateway is set wrong, so you can't get online.
Zhīfù wǎngguān chū gùzhàng, dǎozhì jiāoyì shībài.
The payment gateway malfunctioned, causing the transaction to fail.

Tips

memory
= 'network', = 'pass / barrier / gate' (as in 海关). Picture a gate in a city wall through which all traffic must pass — that is exactly what a network gateway does.

Stroke Order

wǎng
guān