祖籍 meaning in English

zǔjí

ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)

HSK 7-9noun29 strokes

Meaning of 祖籍

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

Stroke order for each character

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祖 zǔ · ancestor · 9 strokes

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籍 jí · register · 20 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 祖籍.

国籍guójínationality
祖母zǔmǔfather's mother; paternal grandmother
祖父zǔfùfather's father; paternal grandfather
祖国zǔguómotherland
祖先zǔxiānancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day
书籍shūjíbooks; works
祖宗zǔzongancestor; forebear
祖传zǔchuánpassed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
外籍wàijíforeign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
曾祖父zēngzǔfùfather's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
祖父母zǔfùmǔpaternal grandparents
始祖shǐzǔprimogenitor; founder of a school or trade

Questions about 祖籍

What does 祖籍 mean?

祖籍 (zǔjí) means "ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 祖籍?

祖籍 is made of 2 characters: 祖 (9 strokes), 籍 (20 strokes). That is 29 strokes in total.

Is 祖籍 an HSK word?

Yes. 祖籍 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.