chá​hù​kǒu

to check residents

  • created sense approved 查户口/查戶口 · chá​hù​kǒu · to check residents — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    查户口 / 查戶口

    chá​hù​kǒu

    to check residents

    To check household registration records or take a census; often used to describe a police officer visiting a home to verify resident information.

    查, 户口

    查 (literal) → 查 · chá · to check 户口 (literal) → 户口/戶口 · hù​kǒu · household registration

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 查户口/查戶口 · chá​hù​kǒu · to pry — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    查户口 / 查戶口

    chá​hù​kǒu

    to pry

    (slang) to ask many personal questions; to pry into someone's private life or background (as if conducting a census)

    查, 户口

    查 (literal) → 查 · chá · to check 户口 (literal) → 户口/戶口 · hù​kǒu · household registration

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense