Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
户口
hùkǒu
Description
户口是中国的一种登记制度，用来记录你住在哪里，是不是这个城市的人。
"户口" is a registration system in China used to record where you live and whether you are a resident of that city.
很多人想在大城市有户口，因为这样孩子上学更方便。
Many people want to have a "户口" in big cities because it makes it easier for their children to attend school.
Meanings
户口hùkǒu
household registration (official residency record)
他的户口在北京。
His household registration is in Beijing.
户口hùkǒu
household; family unit in a census
这个村子有一百多户口。
This village has over a hundred households.
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Notes
- Etymology
户 means household/door and 口 means mouth/people, together forming 'household registration'.
- Nuance
mainly refers to China's official 户口 system tied to city or rural residency.
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