Word information
Simplified直辖市
Traditional直轄市
Pinyinzhíxiáshì
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
直辖市
zhíxiáshì · 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
Character breakdown
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