직할시
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 直轄市 (“municipality directly administered by the central government”)
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕikʰa̠ɭɕʰi]
- Phonetic hangul: [지칼시]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | jikhalsi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jighalsi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | chikhalsi |
| Yale Romanization? | cik.hal.si |
Noun edit
- municipality directly administered by the central government, either
- a former name for 광역시 (gwang'yeoksi) in South Korea.
- such a municipality in North Korea, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, or Vietnam.