上网 shàng wǎng to go onlineto connect to the Internet(of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet(tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net Example sentences 我喜欢上网。 wǒ xǐhuan shàngwǎng. I like to surf the Internet 我不常上网，可是我常看书。 wǒ bùcháng shàngwǎng, kěshì wǒ cháng kànshū. I don't surf the Internet often, but I often read books