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直辖
直轄
zhíxiá
1. to govern directly

Character Breakdown

直
zhí
straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
HSK 3 8 丶
辖
xiá
to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (2)

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
中央直辖市
zhōngyāngzhíxiáshì
municipality, namely: Beijing [[北京]], Tianjin [[天津]], Shanghai [[上海]] and Chongqing [[重慶|重庆]], the first level administrative subdivision

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