网站 (wǎng zhàn) — website | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

网站 means a whole website (a complete site with many pages). Use 网页 (wǎng yè) for a single page, and 网址 (wǎng zhǐ) for the URL/address itself.

noun

website

Measure word · 个

Examples

网站。
Zhè ge wǎng zhàn yǒu hěn duō yǒu yòng de xìn xī.
This website has a lot of useful information.
网站。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu huì shàng zhè ge wǎng zhàn kàn xīn wén.
I visit this website every day to read the news.
网站？
Nǐ néng tuī jiàn yí gè hǎo de wǎng zhàn ma?
Can you recommend a good website?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

站zhànstation

网 means net and 站 means station, so it names a station on the net.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

罔

罔wǎng網wǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

立占站

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn站zhàn

Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

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