管辖 guǎnxiá to administer
to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
How to remember 管辖: 管 tube + 辖 to control = to administer.
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How it is used
- To have jurisdiction/administrative authority over - 归当地政府管辖 (guī dāngdì zhèngfǔ guǎnxiá) falls under the local government's jurisdiction; 管辖范围 area of jurisdiction.
- Formal/legal-administrative; about official authority over a territory or matter.
- Common in law: 管辖权 (jurisdiction as a legal power).