📕 Advanced — HSK 5-6 vocabulary
Meaning
Classifier for households or families as administrative units.
🏮 Cultural Story
中文 Chinese
"户"是"口"的行政升级版。"十户人家"——这不是在聊天，而是在做人口普查！"户"用于**住户单位**，强调的是一个独立的家庭住址。中国的户口制度是世界上独一无二的人口管理体系，每个人的"户口"决定了他在哪里上学、在哪里享受社会福利。"贫困户"、"个体户"、"用户"——"户"总是和"管理"、"登记"联系在一起。日常生活中，除了官方场合，人们更爱用"口"或"家"来数家庭。
English
**户 (hù)** is 口's administrative upgrade. "Ten households" — this isn't chat, it's census-taking! 户 for **household units**, emphasizing independent residential addresses. China's 户口 (hukou) system is unique globally — determines where you go to school, access welfare. "Impoverished household," "individual business," "user" — 户 always links to administration/registration. Daily life prefers 口 or 家 for counting families.
💡 Memory Tip
Administrative/formal. Used by governments, census, utilities. 户 = a registered household unit.
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Classifier for households or families as administrative units.