祖
籍

Ancestral hometown in Chinese: 祖籍 (zǔ jí)

zǔ jí

ancestral hometown

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Definitions

  1. 1ancestral hometown
  2. 2original domicile (and civil registration)

Stroke order

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祖
籍

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨˇ

zǔ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧˊ

jí

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的祖籍在南方的一个小村子。

    tā de zǔ jí zài nán fāng de yí gè xiǎo cūn zǐ。

    His ancestral home is in a small village in the south.

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Related words

国籍

guó jí

nationality

祖国

zǔ guó

motherland

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

祖父

zǔ fù

father's father

祖母

zǔ mǔ

father's mother

书籍

shū jí

books

外籍

wài jí

foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)

祖传

zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors

祖宗

zǔ zōng

ancestor

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