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授权

shòu quán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 授權

授权 (shòu quán) means "to authorize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 授权 means

1. to authorize

The characters in 授权

• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 权quánauthority; power; right

Example sentences

• 他授权给我解雇了他们。
  Tā shòuquán gěi wǒ jiěgù le tāmen.
  He gave me authority to fire them.
• 在多重引导电脑上安装多少作业系统，就需要多少授权吗？
  Do you need as many licenses as you have operating systems installed in a multi-boot PC?

Words starting with 授权

• 授权令shòu quán lìngwarrant (law)

Sounds the same

Read shòu quán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受权authorized; entrusted (with authority)

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