地级市

地級市
dìjíshì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 prefecture-level city

Examples

HSK 4
Zhège shěng yígòng yǒu shíyī ge dìjíshì.
This province has eleven prefecture-level cities in all.
HSK 7-9
Sūzhōu shì Jiāngsū de dìjíshì, xiàmiàn hái guǎn zhe jǐ ge xiànjíshì.
Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, and several county-level cities come under it.

Tips

usage
The middle tier of China's local government: 省 'province', then 地级市, then 县 'county' and 县级市 'county-level city', then townships and towns. A 地级市 usually takes in a large rural area around the city itself.

Stroke Order

地 dì
级 jí
市 shì