通商
tōng
shāng

Definitions

  1. 1. having trading relations (of nations or regions)

Components

  • 通 tōng – to go through
  • 商 Shāng – PN:Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)

Related Words

  • 通商口岸 tōng shāng kǒu àn – treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
  • 五口通商 wǔ kǒu tōng shāng – 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