hukou

hukou

See also: hùkǒu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 戶口／户口 (hùkǒu).

Noun

hukou (plural hukous or hukou)

1. (China, Taiwan) A household registration record that identifies a person as a local resident.
   • 2008 April 6, Howard W. French, “Single Mothers in China Forge a Difficult Path”, in New York Times‎:

     But now, a new awareness of the issue is raising questions about the status of women in China, as well as other rights issues like the hukou, or residency permit, a central tool of population control passed down from the Maoist era that restricts movement by linking people to the towns of their birth.

Translations

household registration record

Chinese: Mandarin: 戶口 (zh), 户口 (zh) (hùkǒu)

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