"hukou" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 April 6, Howard W. French, “Single Mothers in China Forge a Difficult Path”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But now, a new awareness of the issue is raising questions about the status of women in China, as well as other rights issues like the hukou, or residency permit, a central tool of population control passed down from the Maoist era that restricts movement by linking people to the towns of their birth.",
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        "A household registration record that identifies a person as a local resident."
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        "(China, Taiwan) A household registration record that identifies a person as a local resident."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "戶口"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hùkǒu",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "户口"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "戶籍"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hùjí",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "户籍"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hukeou",
          "sense": "household registration record",
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "themtho",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "ཐེམཐོ"
        },
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "nopus",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "نوپۇس"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "household registration record",
          "word": "hộ khẩu"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈhuːˌkoʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhuːˈkoʊ/"
    }
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  "word": "hukou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhuːˈkoʊ/"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "戶口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùkǒu",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "户口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "戶籍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùjí",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "户籍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hukeou",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "후커우"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "themtho",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "ཐེམཐོ"
    },
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nopus",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "نوپۇس"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "household registration record",
      "word": "hộ khẩu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hukou"
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