通商口岸

treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

having trading relations (of nations or regions)

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries

variant of 岸[an4]

bank; shore; beach; coast / CL:個|个[ge4]