五口通商 wǔ kǒu tōng shāng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海

CHARACTERS

五 wǔ
HSK 1
five; surname
口 kǒu
HSK 3
mouth; open end; entrance, gate
通 tōng
HSK 4
pass through, common, communicate
商 shāng
HSK 1
commerce, business, trade