直辖市

zhí xiá shì

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

由中央政府直接管辖的行政区划，与省同级。

A municipality directly under the central government, having the same administrative status as a province.

常用于行政区划的讨论，指代这些特殊城市。

Commonly used in discussions of administrative divisions to refer to these special cities.

1 北京是中华人民共和国的首都和直辖市。 (Beijing is the capital and a municipality directly under the central government of the People's Republic of China.)
2 上海是中国最大的直辖市之一。 (Shanghai is one of the largest municipalities directly under the central government in China.)
3 重庆是中国面积最大的直辖市。 (Chongqing is the largest municipality directly under the central government in terms of area.)
4 天津直辖市位于华北地区。 (Tianjin municipality is located in North China.)
5 中国共有四个直辖市：北京、上海、天津、重庆。 (There are four municipalities directly under the central government in China: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing.)

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