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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zū | zu1
English translation
to hire
to rent
to charter
to rent out
to lease out
rent
land tax
to rent, to lease; tax, rent

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Regularly paid  qiě tribute in grain 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾且

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "land tax". The meaning later shifted to "rent" and "hire".

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gěi jiào le liàng 出租车 chūzūchē .

She hailed a taxi for him.

许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

我们 wǒmen zhè zuò 房子 fáng zi shí jiù 约定 yuē dìng hǎo mǒu 房间 fángjiān 必须 bìxū 油漆 yóuqī .

We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.

当然 dāngrán luō , 知道 zhīdào ,只是 zhǐ shì 为了 wèile 参加 cānjiā 葬礼 zàng lǐ cái lái Dài de . ”

Of course it was only'ired for the occasion, you understand.'

埃及 Aī jí 大部分 dà bù fen 土地 tǔdì dōu gěi 皇家 huáng jiā 佃农 diàn nóng .

Most of his land was leased to " royal tenants ".

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to hire
出租车 chūzūchē taxi出租車
出租 chū zū to rent出租 chū zū
房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house房租 fáng zū
租金 zū jīn rent租金 zū jīn
租赁 zūlìn to rent租賃
租用 zū yòng to lease租用 zū yòng
租借 zū jiè to rent租借 zū jiè
租约 zū yuē lease租約
租户 zū hù tenant租戶
转租 zhuǎn zū to sublet轉租
承租 chéng zū to rent承租 chéng zū
承租人 chéng zū rén leaser承租人 chéng zū rén
地租 dì zū land rent地租 dì zū
包租 bāo zū to rent包租 bāo zū
租界 zū jiè settlement租界 zū jiè
招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent招租 zhāo zū
租价 zū jià rent price租價
出租汽车 chū zū qì chē taxi出租汽車
租房 zū fáng to rent an apartment租房 zū fáng
租税 zū shuì taxation租稅
租船 zū chuán to charter a ship租船 zū chuán
租佃 zū diàn to rent out one's land (to tenant farmers)租佃 zū diàn

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Decomposition

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