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

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
市
shì
city, town; market, fair; to trade
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (1)

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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