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中央直辖市

zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 中央直辖市

央
yāng

center

中
zhòng

to hit (the mark)

中央
zhōng yāng

central

直辖市
zhí xiá shì

municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision

中
zhōng

within

直辖
zhí xiá

to govern directly

市
shì

market

直
zhí

straight

辖
xiá

linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)