五口通商 wǔ kǒu tōng shāng

the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约nán jīng tiáo yuē that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州guǎng zhōu, Fuzhou 福州fú zhōu, Ningbo 宁波níng bō, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门xià mén and Shanghai 上海shàng hǎi

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约nán jīng tiáo yuē that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州guǎng zhōu, Fuzhou 福州fú zhōu, Ningbo 宁波níng bō, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门xià mén and Shanghai 上海shàng hǎi

Characters

Character Meaning
五 wǔ HSK 1
five; 5
口 kǒu HSK 3
mouth
通 tōng HSK 4
to connect; to communicate; to go through
商 shāng HSK 1
commerce; merchant; to consult