市辖区

Traditional form:

市轄區

Pinyin (reading):

shìxiáqū

Definitions:

• city district (a county-level administrative unit under prefecture-level cities, or sub-prefecture-level under sub-provincial cities)

Characters:

• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade
• 辖 - to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
• 区 - area, district, region, ward; surname

Traditional characters:

• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade
• 轄 - to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
• 區 - area, district, region, ward; surname