hukou/ˈhuːˌkoʊ/EtymologyFrom the Mandarin 湖口 (Húkǒu).nameA rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.“Taxis arrive to pick up passengers cleared to leave the centralized quarantine facility in Hukou township in Hsinchu county in Northern Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.”nounA household registration record that identifies a person as a local resident.“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.”