직할시
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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 直轄市 (“municipality directly administered by the central government”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | jikhalsi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jighalsi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | chikhalsi |
| Yale Romanization? | cik.hal.si |
Noun
- 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.