hukou

See also: hùkǒu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin, 戶口／户口 (hùkǒu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːˌkoʊ/, /ˌhuːˈkoʊ/

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^[1]:

     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／户口 (zh) (hùkǒu), 戶籍／户籍 (zh) (hùjí)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 후커우 (hukeou)
• Tibetan: ཐེམཐོ (themtho)
• Uyghur: نوپۇس (nopus)
• Vietnamese: hộ khẩu (vi)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can