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出租 (chū zū) — to rent out; to lease (from owner/provider perspective)

Definition

出租 is always from the owner's side — to rent something out to someone. Use 租 when you are the one renting and paying.

verb
to rent outto lease (from owner/provider perspective)

Examples

  • 出租。
    Tā dǎ suàn bǎ fáng zi chū zū gěi dà xué shēng.
    He plans to rent out his apartment to college students.
  • 出租，。
    Zhè liàng chē shì chū zū de, bú shì mǎi de.
    This car is rented, not bought.
  • 出租。
    Zhè ge shāng diàn chū zū zì xíng chē.
    This store rents out bicycles.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

出chūout
租zūrent

出 adds the idea of putting something out, and 租 is renting; together it means to rent something out.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě租zū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

租 uses 禾 (grain) because land rent was paid in grain, and 且 shows the pronunciation.

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HSK 3.0 Level 4Business & Commerce

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