五口通商

wǔ kǒu tōng shāng

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

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Child Words of 五口通商

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