在线
zàixiàn
online
Part of speech · adjective / adverb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 客服24小时在线。Customer service is online 24 hours a day.
- 我们进行了一次在线会议。We held an online meeting.
Collocations
在线服务在线学习在线支付在线客服
Mnemonic
在 zài "to be at" + 线 xiàn "line": being on the line, i.e. online. Chinese calques it (在 = on, 线 = line) while Korean uses the loanword on-ra-in. Its opposite is 离线 (offline). The state of being connected to the network.
Related
离线上网网络联网
Quick check
What is the opposite of 在线?