审判权 (shěn pàn quán) — judicial authority; jurisdiction (the power to adjudicate legal cases)

Definition

Refers to the legal power to hear and decide cases — both the authority a court holds and the scope of cases it covers (jurisdiction). A formal, legal term, not used for everyday 'right'.

noun
judicial authorityjurisdiction (the power to adjudicate legal cases)

Examples

  • 审判权。
    Fǎ yuàn yōng yǒu dú lì de shěn pàn quán.
    The court has independent judicial authority.
  • 审判权。
    Zhè ge àn jiàn shǔ yú dì fāng shěn pàn quán de fàn wéi.
    This case falls within the scope of local jurisdiction.
  • 审判权。
    Guó jì fǎ tíng duì zhàn zhēng zuì xíng yǒu shěn pàn quán.
    The international court has jurisdiction over war crimes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

审判adjudicate
审shěnexamine判pàndecide
联合Side by side
权quánpower

审 and 判 mean to examine and decide, while 权 means power, giving the idea of the power to adjudicate cases.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn判pàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

判 combines 刀, a knife, with 半, which provides the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 權; 权 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn權quán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 權 shows 木, a tree, with 雚 giving the sound; it named a kind of tree and was used for a standard weight. The simplified 权 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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