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- 籍贯
籍贯
jí guàn
Meaning
- one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
Definition
指一个人的祖籍或原籍，通常指父亲或祖先的出生地或长期居住地。
Refers to one's ancestral home or place of origin, usually the birthplace or long-term residence of one's father or ancestors.
Usage
用于表示一个人的家乡或出生地，常用于填写个人信息表格、自我介绍或讨论文化背景。
Used to indicate a person's hometown or birthplace, commonly in filling out personal information forms, self-introductions, or discussing cultural backgrounds.
Examples
- 1 我的籍贯是山东。 (My place of origin is Shandong.)
- 2 请问您的籍贯是哪里？ (May I ask where your ancestral home is?)
- 3 他的籍贯在广东，所以他会说粤语。 (His ancestral home is in Guangdong, so he can speak Cantonese.)
- 4 籍贯通常记录在户口本上。 (The place of origin is usually recorded in the household registration book.)
- 5 你的籍贯是北京，那你应该很熟悉胡同。 (Your ancestral home is Beijing, so you must be familiar with hutongs.)
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