Meaning of 祖籍
祖籍 means ancestral home; original family home; the place where one's ancestors originally lived. Pronounced zǔ jí. HSK 7-9.
- ancestral home; original family home; the place where one's ancestors originally lived
Definitions & Examples
Wǒ我
de的
zǔ祖
jí籍
shì是
Shān山
dōng东
，
dàn但
wǒ我
zài在
Běi北
jīng京
chū出
shēng生
。
My ancestral home is Shandong, but I was born in Beijing.
Měi每
nián年
Chūn春
jié节
，
tā他
dōu都
huì会
huí回
dào到
zǔ祖
jí籍
qù去
jì祭
zǔ祖
。
Every Spring Festival, he returns to his ancestral home to worship his ancestors.
Zhè这
fèn份
biǎo表
gé格
xū需
yào要
tián填
xiě写
nín您
de的
zǔ祖
jí籍
hé和
xiàn现
jū居
zhù住
dì地
。
This form requires you to fill in your ancestral home and current residence.
Suī虽
rán然
lí离
kāi开
zǔ祖
jí籍
duō多
nián年
，
tā他
réng仍
rán然
bǎo保
liú留
zhe着
nà那
lǐ里
de的
fāng方
yán言
kǒu口
yīn音
。
Although he left his ancestral home many years ago, he still retains the dialect accent from there.
Duì对
yú于
xǔ许
duō多
hǎi海
wài外
Huá华
rén人
lái来
shuō说
，
zǔ祖
jí籍
shì是
tā他
men们
wén文
huà化
rèn认
tóng同
de的
zhòng重
yào要
bù部
fen分
。
For many overseas Chinese, their ancestral home is an important part of their cultural identity.