Definition
籍贯 (jí guàn) refers to one's official registered birthplace or ancestral place, as recorded on forms and government documents. It is more formal and bureaucratic than 家乡 or 老家 (hometown in an emotional sense), and unlike 祖籍 (genealogical origin), 籍贯 is the place officially tied to one's identity.
noun
one's native placeplace of ancestryregistered birthplace
Easily confused
- 机关jī guānsound-alikemechanism; gear (inside a machine)
Examples
- 籍贯。Qǐng gàosu wǒ nǐ de jí guàn.Please tell me your native place.
- 籍贯浙。Tā de jí guàn shì Zhèjiāng Hángzhōu.His native place is Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
- 籍贯。Biǎogé shàng xūyào tiánxiě jí guàn.The form requires filling in the place of ancestry.
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