户口 (hù kǒu) — household registration (hukou), the official record of one's registered residence in China; number of households and total population (statistical sense)
Definition
户口 (hùkǒu) is China's official household registration — a record tied to a place that determines where you access school, healthcare, and other public services. In statistics it simply counts households and population.
noun
household registration (hukou)the official record of one's registered residence in Chinanumber of households and total population (statistical sense)
Examples
- 户口，。Méi yǒu běn dì hù kǒu, hái zi shàng xué hěn má fan.Without a local hukou, it's very troublesome for children to attend school.
- 户口。Zhōng guó de hù kǒu zhì dù zhèng zài zhú bù gǎi gé.China's hukou system is gradually being reformed.
- 户口。Tā huā le shí nián cái bǎ hù kǒu qiān dào shàng hǎi.It took him ten years to transfer his hukou to Shanghai.
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