上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory) 吧 bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] syn 转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn 资料 資料 zī liào material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 社会 社會 shè huì society / CL:個|个[ge4] 机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn 学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association 楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn 协会 協會 xié huì an association / a society / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] 党 黨 dǎng party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 秩序 zhì xù order / orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 互联网 互聯網 hù lián wǎng Internet syn 海龟 海龜 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1] 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 联谊会 聯誼會 lián yì huì association / club / society / party / get-together 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 因特网 因特網 yīn tè wǎng Internet 入会 入會 rù huì to join a society, association etc 网路 網路 wǎng lù network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络[wang3 luo4] 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 爬虫 爬蟲 pá chóng reptile / (Internet) web crawler 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 网吧 網吧 wǎng bā Internet café 大虾 大蝦 dà xiā prawn / (Internet slang) expert / whiz syn 体质 體質 tǐ zhì (a person's) constitution / underlying physical condition / physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn 处世 處世 chǔ shì to conduct oneself in society syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 功勋 功勛 gōng xūn achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society) syn 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan syn 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 社员 社員 shè yuán commune member (PRC, 1958-1985) / member of a society (or other organization) 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 肌体 肌體 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity) syn 雅虎 yǎ hǔ Yahoo, Internet portal 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 酱紫 醬紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 百度 bǎi dù Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 乡民 鄉民 xiāng mín villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions syn 封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn 白莲教 白蓮教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 贝宝 貝寶 bèi bǎo PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company) 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 原始社会 原始社會 yuán shǐ shè huì primitive society 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 网际 網際 wǎng jì Internet / net / cyber- 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 置顶 置頂 zhì dǐng to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc) 小康社会 小康社會 xiǎo kāng shè huì society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met 网络电话 網絡電話 wǎng luò diàn huà Voice over Internet Protocol 网关 網關 wǎng guān network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks) 点击率 點擊率 diǎn jī lǜ click-through rate (CTR) (Internet) 剧集 劇集 jù jí (serialized TV or Internet drama) show / series 人类社会 人類社會 rén lèi shè huì human society 电脑网 電腦網 diàn nǎo wǎng computer network / Internet 断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 大神 dà shén deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz 网虫 網蟲 wǎng chóng Internet addict 掉线 掉線 diào xiàn to get disconnected (from the Internet) 无线上网 無線上網 wú xiàn shàng wǎng wireless Internet access 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer 封建社会 封建社會 fēng jiàn shè huì feudal society 网际网路 網際網路 wǎng jì wǎng lù (Tw) Internet 实名制 實名制 shí míng zhì system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc) 内容管理系统 內容管理系統 nèi róng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng content management system (CMS) (Internet) 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 泡吧 pào bā to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) / to go clubbing 探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society / scum 刷屏 shuā píng to flood (on an Internet forum etc) 网瘾 網癮 wǎng yǐn Internet addiction / net addiction / web addiction 热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum) 公网 公網 gōng wǎng (computing) public network / wide area network / Internet 涉世 shè shì to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience syn 狗粮 狗糧 gǒu liáng dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) 礼乐 禮樂 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society) 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 