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直轄市
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[n] (directly-controlled) municipality -- the highest level classification for cities used by China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam with status equal to that of the provinces in the respective countries. In PRC, they are: 北京, 天津, 重慶 and 上海. Level: 4 Google Frequency: 1,940,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:直 zik6 - straight; vertical; upright; outspoken轄 hat6 - administer; govern 市 si5 - market; fair; city; metropolis; trade |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).