Definition
辖 is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'to have jurisdiction over' or 'to administer'. It never stands alone as a word — you always see it in compounds like 管辖 (guǎnxiá, 'to have jurisdiction over'), 辖区 (xiáqū, 'jurisdiction area'), or 直辖市 (zhíxiáshì, 'municipality directly under the central government'). The 'linchpin' sense in the dictionary is a historical etymology (the character originally meant the linchpin of a wheel); in modern Chinese, 辖 is used almost exclusively for administrative control.
b.f.
(bound form) to have jurisdiction overto administer
Examples
- ？Zhège chéngshì guī nǎ ge shěng guǎnxiá？Which province does this city fall under the jurisdiction of?
- 。Shànghǎi shì zhōngyāng zhí xiá shì.Shanghai is a municipality directly under the central government.
- 。Zhège pàichūsuǒ xiá qū hěn dà.The jurisdiction area of this police station is very large.
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