籍貫

简 籍贯 · 繁 籍貫
Mandarin · pinyin jí guàn

Meanings

  1. one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
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籍
jí · record, register, list; census
貫
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贯
guàn · a string of 1000 coins; to go through
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2–4 · ji2 guan4

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zik6 gun3

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noun

  1. place of origin or birth; one's native country or region

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籍貫 · ji2 guan4
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Exact source record籍貫 籍贯 [ji2 guan4] /one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)/