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

Child Words of 五口通商

• 口 kǒu: mouth
• 通商 tōng shāng: having trading relations (of nations or regions)
• 商 shāng: commerce
• 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 五 wǔ: five