户口

戶口

hùkǒu

noun #20,954

Meanings

1 household registration
2 hukou (China's residency permit system)
3 census registration

Characters

household / door

mouth / people / entry

Examples

没有北京户口，孩子就不能在北京上公立学校。

Méiyǒu Běijīng hùkǒu, háizi jiù bù néng zài Běijīng shàng gōnglì xuéxiào.

Without a Beijing hukou, children cannot attend public schools in Beijing.

他把户口从农村迁到了城市。

Tā bǎ hùkǒu cóng nóngcūn qiān dào le chéngshì.

He transferred his household registration from the countryside to the city.

Tips

culture

The hukou (户口) system is China's household registration system, originally established in 1958. It ties a person's access to education, healthcare, social welfare, and property rights to their registered place of origin. Rural-to-urban migrants often lack urban hukou, creating a two-tier system of social rights. Reform of the hukou system is a major ongoing policy debate in China.

Stroke Order

户 hù

口 kǒu