广域市

廣域市

guǎngyùshì

noun

Measure Word

六个广域市 gè

Meanings

1 metropolitan city (South Korean administrative division)
2 广域 wide-area municipality

Characters

Examples

釜山是韩国最大的广域市之一。

Fǔshān shì Hánguó zuì dà de guǎngyùshì zhī yī.

Busan is one of South Korea's largest metropolitan cities.

韩国共有六个广域市。

Hánguó gòng yǒu liù gè guǎngyùshì.

South Korea has a total of six metropolitan cities.

Tips

culture

广域市 is the Chinese rendering of Korean 광역시 (gwangyeoksi) — South Korea's six self-governing metropolitan cities (Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan). It parallels mainland China's 直辖市 (zhíxiáshì, directly-administered municipality) like Beijing or Shanghai.

Stroke Order

广 guǎng

域 yù

市 shì