租户 (zū hù) — tenant, renter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tenantrenter

Measure word · 个

租户。
Zhè dòng lóu de zū hù dà duō shì zài fù jìn shàng bān de nián qīng rén.
Most of the tenants in this building are young people who work nearby.
租户。
Fáng dōng hé zū hù qiān le yí fèn sān nián de zū lìn hé tong.
The landlord and the tenant signed a three-year lease.
，租户。
Yīn wèi tuō qiàn fáng zū, nà ge zū hù bèi yāo qiú bān zǒu le.
Because he was behind on rent, that renter was asked to move out.

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.

户hùhousehold

'租' (rent) and '户' (household) together mean a household that rents a place.

Characters in this word

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

禾且租

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

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