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直辖市

zhíxiáshì

municipality directly under the central government

HSK 9 · Topic “City and places”
A straight red line joins a city skyline to a small central building on a map
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Characters in this word

直 zhí

Strokes
8
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
十 ten, tenth 目 eye 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

辖 xiá

Strokes
14
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
车 cart, vehicle 害 to injure, to harm
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 辖

市 shì

Strokes
5
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
亠 lid, cover 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

Example phrases

  • 上海作为直辖市，在财政、规划和公共服务方面拥有特殊管理权限。 Shànghǎi zuòwéi zhíxiáshì, zài cáizhèng, guīhuà hé gōnggòng fúwù fāngmiàn yōngyǒu tèshū guǎnlǐ quánxiàn. As a municipality directly under the central government, Shanghai has special administrative powers in finance, planning, and public services.
  • 重庆是中国四个直辖市之一。 Chóngqìng shì Zhōngguó sì gè zhíxiáshì zhī yī. Chongqing is one of China's four municipalities directly under the central government.
  • 直辖市的行政地位相当于省，由中央直接管理。 Zhíxiáshì de xíngzhèng dìwèi xiāngdāngyú shěng, yóu zhōngyāng zhíjiē guǎnlǐ. A municipality under the central government has administrative status equal to a province and is managed directly by the centre.

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