直轄市 zhí xiá shì

municipality under central government

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
直 zhí HSK 3
straight; vertical; straightforward
轄 xiá
to govern; having jurisdiction over; to control
市 shì HSK 3
city; market