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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
Components
五
wǔ
–
five
口
kǒu
–
mouth
通商
tōng shāng
–
having trading relations (of nations or regions)