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Definition
Trading port; a designated commercial area historically opened to foreign trade.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to historical coastal cities or regions designated for foreign trade under treaties or self-initiated policies. It carries a strong sense of historical context and is rarely used to describe modern-day shipping hubs or logistics centers. You will mostly encounter this term in history textbooks or documentaries about the late Qing dynasty.
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Hong Kong was a very important trading port in the past.
Which trading port was the most developed back then?
Related words
Common phrases
to open a trading port
Common mistake
Do not use this word to describe a modern container terminal or a contemporary commercial district, as it sounds archaic and implies a specific historical status that no longer applies to modern cities.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
