天津条约

Traditional form:

天津條約

Pinyin (reading):

Tiānjīn Tiáoyuē

Definitions:

• Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約／不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China

Characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 津 - saliva, sweat; ferry, ford
• 条 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement

Traditional characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 津 - saliva, sweat; ferry, ford
• 條 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement