Definitions

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

Components

• 中央 zhōng yāng – central
• 直辖市 zhí xiá shì – municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision