zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

Traditional: 中央直轄市

中央直辖市 (zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì) is a Chinese word meaning “municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level city; also called directly governed city”.

Meanings

  1. 1municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
  2. 2province level city
  3. 3also called directly governed city

Characters in 中央直辖市

中zhōng · within; among; in央yāng · center直zhí · straight辖xiá · linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)市shì · market

Related words

中within; among; in中to hit (a target)中(bound form) China; Chinese一直straight (in a straight line)直到until简直simply; really其中among直接direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1])城市city; town中心center; heart; core高中senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)

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