zǔ jí

HSK 7–9

祖籍 (zǔ jí) is a Chinese word meaning “ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)”.

Meanings

  1. 1ancestral hometown
  2. 2original domicile (and civil registration)
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 祖籍

祖zǔ · ancestor籍jí · (bound form) book; record; register

Related words

祖母father's mother; paternal grandmother祖父father's father祖国motherland祖先ancestors; forebears书籍books祖ancestor祖surname Zu曾祖父father's father's father祖父母paternal grandparents籍(bound form) book; record; register籍surname Ji佛祖Buddha

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