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转租 (zhuǎn zū) — to sublet (a property); to sublease

Definition

A verb meaning to sublet or sublease — the original tenant rents out the property to a third party. It is separable: 转租出去 (sublet out) / 转租给 (sublet to a person).

verb
to sublet (a property)to sublease

Examples

  • 转租。
    Fáng dōng bù yǔn xǔ fáng kè zhuǎn zū fáng zi.
    The landlord doesn't allow tenants to sublet the apartment.
  • ，转租。
    Tā yīn wèi yào chū guó, jiù bǎ fáng jiān zhuǎn zū gěi le tóng shì.
    He sublet his room to a colleague because he was going abroad.
  • 转租。
    Wǒ men zài wǎng shàng zhǎo dào le yí gè zhuǎn zū xìn xī.
    We found a subleasing listing online.

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.

转zhuǎntransfer
租zūlease

转 marks the passing on of an existing lease, 租 is the leasing act, so the sense is subletting.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

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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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Home & Housing

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