Chinese word

户口本

Pronunciation

Pinyinhù kǒu běn

Meaning

  • nounhousehold registration booklet

Example

你能把户口本借我看看吗？nǐ néng bǎ hù kóu běn jiè wǒ kàn kàn ma

Can you lend me the household registration booklet so I can take a look?

Illustration for 户口本 (household registration booklet)

More examples

办证时请带上户口本和身份证。bàn zhèng shí qǐng dài shàng hù kóu běn hé shēn fèn zhèng

When applying for a document, please bring your household registration booklet and your ID.

Core concept

An official booklet that links a household's members, their relationships, and registered address in one record.

Common phrases

  • 查看户口本chá kàn hù kóu běn

    check the household registration booklet

  • 出示户口本chū shì hù kóu běn

    present the household registration booklet

  • 户口本复印件hù kóu běn fù yìn jiàn

    copy of the household registration booklet

Similar words

户口簿hù kǒu bù: An official household register in booklet form, with family and address information.
户口hù kǒu: Household registration information for an individual or an entire family.
户籍hù jí: An official household ledger documenting names, family ties, and registration information.
身份证shēn fèn zhèng: An official identity card bearing a person's photo and identification number.

Definition in Chinese

记载家庭成员姓名、关系和住址等信息的册子，用作户籍登记和证明。jì zǎi jiā tíng chéng yuán xìng míng guān xì hé zhù zhǐ děng xìn xī de cè zi yòng zuò hù jí dēng jì hé zhèng míng

Word origin

The word is built from 户 (hù, "household") + 口 (kǒu, "people") for a registered household and its members, followed by 本 (běn, "booklet") for the record that contains those details.

Usage tips

  • In Chinese paperwork, this word points to a household document rather than one person's everyday identification, so a request for it may involve information about the whole family.

Other meanings

  • family registernoun
  • household recordnoun

Related words

  • 户口簿hù kǒu bùhousehold registernoun
  • 户口登记hù kǒu dēng jìhousehold registrationnoun

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