五口通商 in English wu3 kou3 tong1 shang1 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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

Simplified Characters

五 口 通 商

Traditional Characters

五 口 通 商

Pinyin

wu3 kou3 tong1 shang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

五wu3five 口kou3mouth 通tong1to go through 商shang1Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)