HSK 6 · Society

管辖 guǎnxiá “to have jurisdiction over” in Chinese

Traditional 管轄

What 管辖 means

  1. to have jurisdiction over
  2. to administer

How to say 管辖

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale管guǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辖xiá2nd tone, rising

管辖 in a sentence

  1. 这个地区归哪个法院管辖？

    Zhè ge dìqū guī nǎge fǎyuàn guǎnxiá?

    Which court has jurisdiction over this area?

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这几个小岛都在这个省的管辖范围内。

    Zhè jǐ ge xiǎodǎo dōu zài zhè ge shěng de guǎnxiá fànwéi nèi.

    These small islands are all under the administration of this province.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 管辖 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 管 (guǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
管guǎnto take care
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 官official · guānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 官 (guān) hints at the sound. Compare it with guǎn.

The character 辖 (xiá) with each of its parts in a different colour
辖xiálinchpin
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 害to injure · hàiSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 害 (hài) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiá.

How to write 管辖

管 14 strokes · 辖 14 strokes

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管辖 (guǎnxiá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 管辖 (guǎnxiá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 管辖

Words with 管

管guǎn · to manage不管bùguǎn · not to be concerned管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise尽管jǐnguǎn · despite管子guǎnzi · tube保管bǎoguǎn · to look after主管zhǔguǎn · person in charge

More words: Society & Law

公民gōngmín · citizen公证gōngzhèng · notarisation勾结gōujié · to collude with官方guānfāng · official规章guīzhāng · rules贵族guìzú · noble国防guófáng · national defence国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)

FAQs

管辖 (guǎnxiá) means “to have jurisdiction over” or “to administer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guǎnxiá: guǎn with a 3rd tone, then xiá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 管辖 is written 管轄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanxia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 管辖 from the suggestions. Typing guanxia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
管辖 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.