Example sentences for: hankou

How can you use “hankou” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • After the Opium Wars, Hankou was carved up into British, French, German, Japanese, and Russian zones of influence.

  • The rebellion of October 1911, which was inspired by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, began in Wuchang, and Hankou suffered heavy damage in the fighting.

  • Wuhan is actually a modern, composite name for three historic, contiguous cities: Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang.

  • Hankou, on the opposite bank of the Yangzi, was opened to foreign development in the 19th century as a Treaty Port; at high tide 10,000-ton ships can reach Hankou’s harbor from the sea, some 1,500 km (1,000 miles) away.

  • Hanyang, separated from Hankou by the Han River (requiring another, less heroic bridge), is more typically Chinese.


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