List of cities in Taiwan

In the structural hierarchy of the administrative divisions in Taiwan, there are three types of administrative divisions with the Chinese word shì (市, "city") in their names.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Taiwanese
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
No.
    Special municipality 直轄市 zhíxiáshì ti̍t-hat-chhī 6
    City 省轄市 shěngxiáshì séng-hâ-chhī 3
    County-administered city 縣轄市 xiànxiáshì koān-hat-chhī 14