直辖市 in English zhi2 xia2 shi4 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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

Simplified Characters

直 辖 市

Traditional Characters

直 轄 市

Pinyin

zhi2 xia2 shi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

直zhi2surname Zhi 辖xia2to govern 市shi4market