支配权 (zhī pèi quán) — right of control; authority to manage or dispose of something; (legal) eminent domain

Definition

支配权 (zhīpèiquán) is the legal right to control, manage, or dispose of property or funds — including, in state contexts, eminent domain (依法行使土地支配权). It is a formal legal term, not a casual word for 'power'.

noun
right of controlauthority to manage or dispose of something(legal) eminent domain

Examples

  • 支配权。
    Gōng sī duì zhè bǐ zī jīn yǒu wán quán de zhī pèi quán.
    The company has complete control over these funds.
  • 支配权。
    Zhèng fǔ yī fǎ xíng shǐ tǔ dì zhī pèi quán.
    The government exercises eminent domain over land according to law.
  • 支配权。
    Jiā zhǎng duì jiā tíng cái chǎn xiǎng yǒu zhī pèi quán.
    The head of the family holds the right to manage household property.

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.

支配control
支zhīmanage配pèiallocate
联合Side by side
权quánright

支配 means to control and 权 means right, so it means the right to control.

Characters in this word

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

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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

  • 酉酉yǒualcohol vessel
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

配 is formed by putting 酉, an alcohol vessel, next to 卩, a kneeling person. The reference gives these two parts, but not the reason they combine.

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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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