guǎnxiá

to administer / to have jurisdiction (over)

xiá

to govern / to control / having jurisdiction over / linchpin of a wheel (archaic) / noise of a barrow

xiáqū

administrative region

zhōngyāngzhíxiáshì

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

shìxiáqū

city district (county-level administrative unit)

xiàxiá

administered by / under the rule of

xiázhì

to control

zhíxiá

to govern directly

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

shěngxiáshì

provincial city