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中央直轄市

简中央直辖市 · 繁中央直轄市

Mandarin · pinyin zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì

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

Characters in this entry

中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
央: yāng · center, conclude, run out; beg
直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical
轄: Look up this written character
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
辖: xiá · linchpin of wheel; control

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

1–1–2–2–4 · zhong1 yang1 zhi2 xia2 shi4

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

zung1 joeng1 zik6 hat6 si5

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