Your domicile is the place where you live — but this is the official word, not the one you use with friends. In law, domicile is your legal home: the country or city that counts as yours, even if you are staying somewhere else for a while.

Your domicile你的 domicile is the place where you live就是你住的地方——but this is the official word不過這是正式用語，not the one you use with friends不是你跟朋友講話會用的字。In law在法律上，domicile is your legal homedomicile 是你的法定居所：the country or city that counts as yours算是屬於你的那個國家或城市，even if you are staying somewhere else for a while即使你暫時待在別的地方。

A student from Taiwan at a university abroad may still have their domicile in Taiwan if that is where they truly belong on paper.

A student from Taiwan一個來自台灣的學生 at a university abroad在國外讀大學，may still have their domicile in Taiwan仍然可能 domicile 在台灣，if that is where they truly belong on paper只要那才是他們紙面上真正歸屬的地方。

On forms, people also use it more loosely for “address” or “where you live.” There is a verb too, to domicile someone, meaning to settle them somewhere as their official home, but you will mostly meet the noun.

On forms在表格上，people also use it more loosely人們也會比較鬆散地用它，for 'address' or 'where you live'來指「地址」或「你住哪裡」。There is a verb too還有一個動詞，to domicile someonedomicile 某人，meaning to settle them somewhere as their official home意思是讓某人在某處定居、當作官方居所，but不過 you will mostly meet the noun你大多會遇到的是名詞用法。

Though actually, domicile and home are not quite the same. Home is where you feel you live. Domicile is where the papers say you live, and those two can come apart.

Though actually不過其實，domicile and home are not quite the samedomicile 和 home 並不完全一樣。HomeHome is where you feel you live是你感覺自己住的地方。DomicileDomicile is where the papers say you live是文件上寫你住哪裡的地方，and而 those two can come apart這兩者可能會不一致。