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Jyutping jau5 kyun4
Pinyin yǒu quán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to have the right to
  2. to be entitled to
  3. to have authority
  4. powerful
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to have power; to have authority; to be entitled
    • 有權不可任性。
      有权不可任性。
      yǒu quán bù kě rèn xìng .
      Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我也有权讲话。
    我也有權講話。
    wǒ yě yǒu quán jiǎng huà 。
    • I have the right to speak, too.
  2. Mandarin
    人人都有权,在其他国家寻求避难,以躲避迫害。
    人人都有權,在其他國家尋求避難,以躲避迫害。
    rén rén dōu yǒu quán , zài qí tā guó jiā xún qiú bì nàn , yǐ duǒ bì pò hài 。
    • Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
  3. Mandarin
    你有权使用旅馆的游泳池。
    你有權使用旅館的游泳池。
    nǐ yǒu quán shǐ yòng lǚ guǎn de yóu yǒng chí 。
    • You can use the hotel's swimming pool.
    • You are allowed to use the hotel's swimming pool.
  4. Mandarin
    他们有权要求法律的保护。
    他們有權要求法律的保護。
    tā men yǒu quán yāo qiú fǎ lǜ de bǎo hù 。
    • They may properly claim the protection of the law.
  5. Mandarin
    我有权陪伴你吗?
    我有權陪伴你嗎?
    wǒ yǒu quán péi bàn nǐ ma ?
    • Do I have the right to accompany you?
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我有权表达我嘅意见㗎㖞!
    我有權表達我嘅意見㗎喎!
    ngo5 jau5 kyun4 biu2 daat6 ngo5 ge3 ji3 gin3 gaa3 wo5 !
    • I have the right to express my opinion!
  2. Cantonese
    冇人有权教你点样凑仔。
    冇人有權教你點樣湊仔。
    mou5 jan4 jau5 kyun4 gaau3 nei5 dim2 joeng2 cau3 zai2 。
    • No one has the right to tell you how to raise your child.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    所有国家嘅人都有权利系公海钓鱼。
    所有國家嘅人都有權利係公海釣魚。
    so2 jau5 gwok3 gaa1 ge3 jan4 dou1 jau5 kyun4 lei6 hai6 gung1 hoi2 diu3 jyu2.
    • All countries' people are entitled to fishing on international waters.
  2. Cantonese
    民众有权利结社。
    民眾有權利結社。
    man4 zung3 jau5 kyun4 lei6 git3 se5.
    • People have the right to freedom of association with others.
  3. Cantonese
    佢有权有势,唔好同佢嘈啦!
    佢有權有勢,唔好同佢嘈啦!
    keoi5 jau5 kyun4 jau5 sai3, m4 hou2 tung4 keoi5 cou4 laa1!
    • He has power and forces. Don't argue with him!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    原住民土地所有权
    原住民土地所有權
    yuán zhù mín tǔ dì suǒ yǒu quán
    • native title
  2. Mandarin
    有权不可任性。
    有權不可任性。
    yǒu quán bù kě rèn xìng .
    • Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)
  3. Mandarin
    中国的穷国地位和在国际上无权的地位也会起变化,穷国将变为富国,无权将变为有权——向相反的方向转化。
    中國的窮國地位和在國際上無權的地位也會起變化,窮國將變為富國,無權將變為有權——向相反的方向轉化。
    zhōng guó de qióng guó dì wèi hé zài guó jì shàng wú quán de dì wèi yě huì qǐ biàn huà , qióng guó jiāng biàn wéi fù guó , wú quán jiāng biàn wéi yǒu quán — xiàng xiāng fǎn de fāng xiàng zhuǎn huà .
    • China's position as a poor country denied its rights in international affairs will also be changed – the poor country will change into a rich one, the country denied its rights into one enjoying them – a transformation of things into their opposites.
  4. Mandarin
    高院法官李运腾今(17日)颁下判辞,表示各级法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔内」,认为法理上裁判官有权采取「司法认知」,并驳回上诉申请。
    高院法官李運騰今(17日)頒下判辭,表示各級法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔內」,認為法理上裁判官有權採取「司法認知」,並駁回上訴申請。
    gāo yuàn fǎ guān lǐ yùn téng jīn ( 17 rì ) bān xià pàn cí , biǎo shì gè jí fǎ yuàn fǎ guān dōu bù shì “ huó zài xiàng yá tǎ nèi ” , rèn wèi fǎ lǐ shàng cái pàn guān yǒu quán cǎi qǔ “ sī fǎ rèn zhī ” , bìng bó huí shàng sù shēn qǐng .
    • High Court judge Alex Lee Wan Tang ruled today (17 May 2021) in a judgment that all judges of all courts don't live in ivory tower and that ruled that magistrates may take judicial notice by law, thus rejects the appellant's motion to appeal.