租 zū

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Traditional form

租 zū

Contains the radical

禾 hé

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Regularly paid 且 qiě tribute in grain 禾 hé

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰禾且

Explanation

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

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女 nǚ 房东 fángdōng 发现 fāxiàn 他们 tā men 一直 yīzhí 在 zài 违法 wéi fǎ 转租 zhuǎn zū 公寓 gōngyù .

The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the flat.

这 zhè 所 suǒ 房屋 fáng wū 租 zū 给 gěi 我们 wǒmen 以前 yǐqián 是 shì 谁 shuí 住 zhù 的 de ?

Who occupied this house before it was let to us?

她 tā 给 gěi 他 tā 叫 jiào 了 le 一 yī 辆 liàng 出租车 chūzūchē .

She hailed a taxi for him.

今晚 jīn wǎn 出租车 chūzūchē 似乎 sìhū 非常少,我 wǒ 得 dé 步行 bù xíng 了 le .

Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonight — I will have to walk.

这个 zhè ge 大 dà 房间 fángjiān 的 de 租期是 shì 五年.

The tenancy of this large room is five years.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 租 zū in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
租 zū	to hire	租 zū
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