中央直辖市

zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

Definitions

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

Child Words of 中央直辖市

• 中 zhōng: within
• 中 zhòng: to hit (the mark)
• 中央 zhōng yāng: central
• 市 shì: market
• 直 zhí: straight
• 央 yāng: center
• 直辖 zhí xiá: to govern directly
• 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
• 辖 xiá: linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)