祖籍

zǔjí

noun HSK 7 #48,504

Meanings

1 ancestral home
2 place of origin
3 native place of one's ancestors

Characters

ancestor; grandfather

record; registered residence

Examples

他的祖籍是广东。

Tā de zǔjí shì Guǎngdōng.

His ancestral home is Guangdong.

很多华侨的祖籍在福建。

Hěn duō huáqiáo de zǔjí zài Fújiàn.

Many overseas Chinese have their ancestral home in Fujian.

Tips

culture

In China, 祖籍 refers to where your family originally came from, which may differ from where you were born or live. It's a common topic when Chinese people get to know each other.

Stroke Order

祖 zǔ

籍 jí