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租

zū

HSK 4 Character

What 租 means

1. to hire
2. to rent
3. to charter
4. to rent out
5. to lease out
6. rent
7. land tax

Example sentences

• 我想租房。
  Wǒ xiǎng zūfáng.
  I'd like to rent a house.
• 叫出租车。
  Call a taxi.
• 坐出租车吧。
  Let's take a taxi.
• 出租车到了。
  The taxi has arrived.
• 她开出租车？
  Is she a taxi driver?
• 我想要租车。
  I want to rent a car.

Words starting with 租

• 租赁zū lìnto rent; to lease; to hire
• 租金zū jīnrent
• 租界zū jièforeign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power…
• 租用zū yòngto lease; to hire; to rent (sth from sb)
• 租借zū jièto rent; to lease
• 租债zū zhàirent and debt
• 租价zū jiàrent price
• 租地zū dìto rent land; to lease farmland
• 租子zū zirent (payment)
• 租客zū kètenant
• 租户zū hùtenant; person who leases
• 租房zū fángto rent an apartment
• 租约zū yuēlease
• 租船zū chuánto charter a ship; to take a vessel on rent
• 租让zū ràngto lease out; to rent (one's property out to sb else)
• 租车zū chēto rent a car; rental car
• 租钱zū qianrent; same as 租金
• 租税zū shuìtaxation; in former times, esp. land tax
• 租借地zū jiè dìconcession (territory)
• 租佃zū diànto rent out one's land (to tenant farmers)

Words containing 租

• 出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Taiwan) rental car
• 出租chū zūto rent
• 房租fáng zūrent for a room or house
• 出租汽车chū zū qì chētaxi; cab (PRC); hire car (Tw)
• 地租dì zūland rent; land tax
• 收租shōu zūto collect rent
• 分租fēn zū(of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property…
• 包租bāo zūto rent; to charter; to rent land or a house for subletting
• 合租hé zūto rent jointly with other people; co-renting
• 寻租xún zūrent seeking (economics)
• 承租chéng zūto rent; to lease
• 日租rì zūto rent by the day
• 时租shí zūto rent by the hour
• 月租yuè zūmonthly rent; monthly fee; to rent by the month
• 减租jiǎn zūto reduce rent
• 续租xù zūto renew a lease
• 群租qún zūto rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the…
• 转租zhuǎn zūto sublet; to sublease
• 退租tuì zūto stop leasing
• 周租zhōu zūto rent by the week
• 公租房gōng zū fángpublic housing
• 承租人chéng zū rénleaser; tenant
• 承租方chéng zū fāngborrower; leaser; the hiring side of a contract
• 出租司机chū zū sī jītaxi driver

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 租

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 涨zhǎngto rise (of prices, rivers)
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid
• 堀kūcave; hole
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read zū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 菹marshland; swamp; salted or pickled vegetables
• 葅variant of 菹