落户 luòhù to settle
to settle; to set up home
怎么记住“落户”: 落 fall + 户 door = to settle.
汉字
用法
- Literally to establish official household registration (户口) in a place - 在上海落户 (zài Shànghǎi luòhù) get a Shanghai hukou / settle in Shanghai.
- By extension, for companies/projects: to set up shop there - 这家工厂落户本地 (zhè jiā gōngchǎng luòhù běndì) the factory established itself locally.
- Carries the specifically Chinese hukou nuance of official residency, more than just 'to move somewhere'.
例句
- 他们在加拿大安家落户。 Tāmen zài jiānádà ānjiāluòhù.They settled in Canada.