特とく別べつ経けい済ざい区く

• 特とっ区く

  特区 is the shorthand form typically seen in news reports, whereas 特別経済区 is the full official name for a Chinese special economic zone.

• 特とく別べつ区く

  特別経済区 is the fuller, less ambiguous form of the same term that 特別区 can abbreviate for a special economic zone.

Compound of 特別 (special) + 経済 (economy) + 区 (zone). A direct translation of the English term 'special economic zone'.