직할시

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 直轄市 (“municipality directly administered by the central government”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jikhalsi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jighalsi
McCune–Reischauer?chikhalsi
Yale Romanization?cik.hal.si

Noun

직할시 • (jikhalsi) (hanja 直轄市)

  1. municipality directly administered by the central government, either
    1. a former name for 광역시 (gwang'yeoksi) in South Korea.
    2. such a municipality in North Korea, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, or Vietnam.
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