戶口本

简 户口本 · 繁 戶口本
Mandarin · pinyin hù kǒu běn

Meanings

  1. household register
  2. household registration booklet
  3. residence certificate
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戶
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口
kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
本
běn · root, origin, source; basis
户
hù · door; family
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4–3–3 · hu4 kou3 ben3

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noun

  1. (chiefly Mainland China) household registration booklet

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