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口岸

kǒu àn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

口岸 (kǒu àn) means "a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 口岸 means

1. a port for external trade
2. a trading or transit post on border between countries

The characters in 口岸

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast

Words containing 口岸

• 通商口岸tōng shāng kǒu àntreaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers

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