网友 (wǎng yǒu) — online friend (someone you know through the internet); Internet user (general term for people online)
Definition
网友 covers both 'online friend' (someone you know via the internet) and 'internet user' generally. 网民 is a more formal/collective term for internet users as a group, used in official or mass-media contexts.
noun
online friend (someone you know through the internet)Internet user (general term for people online)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 网友，。Wǒ zuì jìn rèn shi le yí gè xīn wǎng yǒu, tā xǐ huan shè yǐng.I recently met a new online friend who likes photography.
- 网友。Hěn duō wǎng yǒu zài lùn tán shàng tǎo lùn zhè ge wèn tí.Many internet users are discussing this issue on the forum.
- 网友？Nǐ jiàn guò nǐ de wǎng yǒu ma?Have you ever met your online friend in person?
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