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戶口

简户口 · 繁戶口

Mandarin · pinyin hù kǒu

population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)
registered residence
residence permit
(in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account

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戶: Look up this written character
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
户: hù · door; family

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4–3 · hu4 kou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wu6 hau2

Cantonese word readings for 戶口. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

number of households and total population
registered permanent residence
record of registered permanent residence; hukou
(Hong Kong) account (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(computing) user account
(Penang Hokkien) bank account

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