茶马互市 chá mǎ hù shì

ancient tea-for-horses trade

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty

Characters

Character Meaning
茶 chá HSK 1
tea; tea plant
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
互 hù HSK 4
mutual
市 shì HSK 3
city; market