[zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄤ ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄕˋ, 中央直辖市 / 中央直轄市] 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 [Add to Longdo]