户口本

Traditional form:

戶口本

Pinyin (reading):

hùkǒuběn

Definitions:

• household register
• household registration booklet
• residence certificate

Characters:

• 户 - door; family
• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 戶 - door; family
• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis