网路 (wǎng lù) — (Taiwan) network, internet | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

网路 (wǎnglù) is the standard term for 'network / internet' in Taiwan. On the mainland the same word is written 网络 (wǎngluò) and pronounced the same way; learners will mostly see that spelling.

noun

(Taiwan) networkinternet

Measure word · 个

Examples

网路。
Gōng sī de wǎng lù zuì jìn bú tài wěn dìng.
The company's network has been unstable recently.
网路？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ chá yí xià wú xiàn wǎng lù de mì mǎ ma?
Can you help me check the password for the wireless network?
，。
Zhè tái diàn nǎo lián bú shàng wǎng lù, kě néng shè zhì yǒu wèn tí.
This computer can't connect to the network; there might be a configuration problem.

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.

网 (net) and 路 (route) form a network of connected routes.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè路lù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Appears in

Computers & Internet

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