有权 / 无权【yǒuquán / wúquán】

has the right to, is entitled to, has the authority to, has no right to, may, rights, youquan, wuquan

Says someone is entitled, or not, to do something, "has the right to": 。 is "consumers have the right to demand a refund". A verb phrase follows directly.

HSK 7-9

AI-generated

Structure

[subject] + 有权 + [verb phrase]

[subject] + 无权 + [verb phrase]

[subject] + 有权 + 对 + [noun] + 进行 + [verb]

Description

有权 means "has the right" or "has the authority", and 无权 is its negative. Both go straight before a verb phrase, with no 去 or 来 in between. Laws, contracts, terms of service and formal statements use them.

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Consumers have the right to demand a refund.

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No one has the right to read another person's private letters.

The verb after 有权 is usually formal and two-syllable: 要求, 拒绝, 决定, 查看, 解除, 使用. With a noun as the target, 对…进行 carries it.

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Party A has the right to inspect product quality.

无权, not 不有权

有 is negated with 没, so the spoken negative is 没有权利 + verb. Written texts use 无权.

× 你不有权这样做。 → 你无权这样做。 / 你没有权利这样做。

有权 or 有权利

In speech people say 有权利 + verb, with 权利 "rights" as a full noun. 有权 is tighter and also covers authority – a manager 有权 approve leave, which is power rather than a right.

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Everyone has the right to express their views.

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Department managers have the authority to approve leave of up to three days.

Examples

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Consumers have the right to demand a refund.

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No one has the right to read another person's private letters.

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Party A has the right to inspect product quality.

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You have no right to do this.

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Department managers have the authority to approve leave of up to three days.

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Users have the right to delete their account at any time.

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If Party B delivers late, Party A is entitled to terminate the contract.

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Students have the right to know their exam results.

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No one may use images from this website without permission.

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Citizens have the right to refuse to answer questions unrelated to the case.

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I don't have the authority to decide this; I need to ask my manager.

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Readers have a right to know where these figures come from.

是指 / 指的是

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