通商

tōngshāng

verb #55,276

Meanings

HSK 2

两国很早就开始通商了。

Liǎng guó hěn zǎo jiù kāishǐ tōngshāng le.

The two countries began trading with each other long ago.

HSK 7-9

汉朝通过丝绸之路与西域各国通商。

Hàncháo tōngguò Sīchóuzhīlù yǔ Xīyù gè guó tōngshāng.

The Han dynasty traded with the states of the Western Regions along the Silk Road.

history

After the First Opium War, the 南京条约 of 1842 forced the Qing to open five 通商口岸 'treaty ports' to British trade: 广州, 厦门, 福州, 宁波 and 上海.

通 tōng

商 shāng