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国籍 guójí “nationality” in Chinese

Traditional 國籍

What 国籍 means

  1. nationality

How to say 国籍

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale籍jí2nd tone, rising

国籍 in a sentence

  1. 我们真正的国籍是人类。

    Wǒmen zhēnzhèng de guójí shì rénlèi.

    Our true nationality is humanity.

    Sentence #795774 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 国籍 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 国 (guó) with each of its parts in a different colour
国guócountry; nation; state
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 玉jade · yù

Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.

The character 籍 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
籍jíbook; record; register
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 耤to plough · jíSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 耤 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 国籍

国 8 strokes · 籍 20 strokes

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国籍 (guójí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 国籍 (guójí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 国籍

Words with 国

国guó · country中国Zhōngguó · China出国chūguó · to go abroad外国wàiguó · foreign (country)国家guójiā · country国际guójì · international国王guówáng · king国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)祖国zǔguó · homeland国防guófáng · national defence

Words with 籍

籍贯jíguàn · ancestral home书籍shūjí · books

More words: School, Work & Culture

表演biǎoyǎn · to perform法律fǎlǜ · law功夫gōngfu · time and effort规定guīdìng · to stipulate京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera聚会jùhuì · party举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting民族mínzú · nationality

FAQs

国籍 (guójí) means “nationality”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guójí: guó with a 2nd tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 国籍 is written 國籍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国籍 from the suggestions. Typing guoji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国籍 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.