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祖籍 (zǔ jí): Ancestral home / native place (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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Character Breakdown
祖 • zǔ • ancestor, forefather
zǔ
祖
ancestor, forefather
籍 • jí • book, register, record
jí
籍
book, register, record
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 祖籍.
Words with
祖
祖先
zǔ xiān
ancestors; forefathers
祖国
zǔ guó
homeland; native land
祖父
zǔfù
grandfather [father's father]
祖传
zǔchuán
handed down through generations / ancestral
祖宗
zǔzong
ancestor / progenitor
祖母
zǔmǔ
grandmother
佛祖
fó zǔ
Buddha (the founder of Buddhism)
彭祖
péng zǔ
Peng Zu (legendary figure of longevity)
Words with
籍
国籍
guó jí
nationality
书籍
shū jí
books; literature
籍贯
jí guàn
the place of one's birth
古籍
gǔ jí
Ancient books
外籍
wài jí
Foreign nationality / expatriate
4.
How to Use 祖籍 in Sentences
Subject + Predicate
with
广东
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
Guǎng
广
dōng
东
neutral
ancestral origin is Guangdong
Noun + Verb
with
所在
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
suǒ
所
zài
在
Verb + Object
with
填写
tián
填
xiě
写
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
Noun + Noun
with
地
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
dì
地
formal
Written
5.
Example Sentences with 祖籍
wǒ
我
de
的
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
shì
是
běi
北
jīng
formal
Written
where one's ancestral home is
formal
fill in ancestral origin
ancestral hometown
京
。
My ancestral hometown is Beijing.
Tā
他
de
的
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
shì
是
Zhè
浙
jiāng
江
Shào
绍
xīng
兴
。
His ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
jǐn
尽
guǎn
管
tā
他
cóng
从
wèi
未
huí
回
guò
过
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
，
dàn
但
nà
那
fèn
份
xiāng
乡
chóu
愁
shǐ
始
zhōng
终
yíng
萦
rào
绕
xīn
心
tóu
头
。
Although he has never returned to his ancestral home, that sense of nostalgia has always lingered in his heart.
nǐ
你
de
的
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
shì
是
nǎ
哪
lǐ
里
，
zhè
这
huì
会
yǐng
影
xiǎng
响
nǐ
你
de
的
wén
文
huà
化
rèn
认
tóng
同
ma
吗
？
Where is your ancestral home, and does this affect your cultural identity?
tā
他
tián
填
xiě
写
biǎo
表
gé
格
shí
时
，
xū
需
yào
要
xiě
写
míng
明
zì
自
jǐ
己
de
的
zǔ
祖
jí
籍
。
When filling out the form, he needs to state his ancestral hometown.
