中央直辖市

Traditional form:

中央直轄市

Pinyin (reading):

zhōngyāngzhíxiáshì

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 央 - central; to beg; to run out
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 辖 - to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 央 - central; to beg; to run out
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 轄 - to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade