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籍贯

籍貫
jíguàn
noun HSK 7-9 #47,394

Meanings

  1. 1 ancestral home
  2. 2 native place (recorded on official documents)

Examples

HSK 4
请填写您的姓名和籍贯。
Qǐng tiánxiě nín de xìngmíng hé jíguàn.
Please fill in your name and place of origin.
HSK 4
虽然在台北长大，他籍贯还是山东。
Suīrán zài Táiběi zhǎngdà, tā jíguàn háishì Shāndōng.
Although he grew up in Taipei, his registered ancestral home is Shandong.
HSK 5
他的籍贯是福建。
Tā de jíguàn shì Fújiàn.
His ancestral home is in Fujian.

Tips

culture
籍贯 is typically inherited through the father regardless of where one was born or lives. It's a standard field on Chinese-world official forms and shows the family's recorded place of origin.

Stroke Order

籍 jí
贯 guàn