中央直辖市 zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

centrally governed municipality in China

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. municipality, namely: Beijing 北京běi jīng, Tianjin 天津tiān jīn, Shanghai 上海shàng hǎi and Chongqing 重庆chóng qìng, the first level administrative subdivision
  2. 2. also called directly governed city
  3. 3. province level city

Characters

Character Meaning
中 zhōng HSK 1
in; within; middle
央 yāng HSK 6
center; to beg; to plead
直 zhí HSK 3
straight; vertical; straightforward
辖 xiá HSK 6
to govern; having jurisdiction over; to control
市 shì HSK 3
city; market